He said self-harm or suicide content that violates its policies “still likely exists on our platform” and conceded it is not as safe as it could be.
A senior executive from social media giant Pinterest has apologised as he admitted the site was “not safe” when schoolgirl Molly Russell used it.
On Thursday, Mr Hoffman was taken through emails sent to Molly such as “10 depression pins you might like”, which the witness said contained “the type of content that we wouldn’t like anyone spending a lot of time with”. The senior executive said recent searches of “suicidal quotes”, which was a term used by Molly, displayed content he agreed should have been removed.
Giving evidence from the witness box, the senior executive was taken through a vast number of “disturbing” images Molly had interacted with on the site relating to self-harm, suicide and depression. Asked by Mr Sanders if he agreed that the type of content had changed, Mr Hoffman said: “I do and it’s important to note, and I deeply regret that she was able to access some of the content shown.”The witness insisted the platform had not taken a “risky” option of allowing children to use it despite the possibility they may encounter harmful content.
The senior executive said the technology available to the company now was “just not available to us” before Molly’s death.
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