Molly Russell, 14, engaged with thousands of social media posts about self-harm and suicide before taking her own life.
Molly Russell's father previously told the court she had entered the "bleakest of worlds" online before her death
Under questioning from coroner Andrew Walker, the psychiatrist said: "This material seems to romanticise, glamorise, and take the subject of self-harm, take it away from reality and make it seem almost unreal, take away from these terrible acts any kind of consequence." "There were periods where I was not able to sleep well for a few weeks so bearing in mind that the child saw this over a period of months I can only say that she was [affected] - especially bearing in mind that she was a depressed 14-year-old.The witness was then shown a number of videos viewed by Molly on Instagram, followed by a note written by the teenager on her phone two days after watching one clip, which used "identical language".
The head of health and well-being at Instagram's parent company Meta and the global head of community operations at Pinterest have both apologised at the inquest for content that Molly viewed.
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