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Instagram's Exposure of Harmful Content Contributed to Teenage Girl’s Suicide
Instagram was ruled by a judge to have contributed to the death of a teenage girl in the UK allegedly through its exposure and recommendation of suicide, self-harm, and depressive content.
- Date it happened
- 2017-11-21
- Organisation involved
- Product, system or model
- The internet "affected her [Molly Russell's] mental health in a negative way and contributed to her death in a more than minimal way." Social media platforms like Instagram and Pinterest, which Molly
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