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Pushed to do what she did. >> it was reported that in the last six months of her life, molly was using instagram more than 120 times a day. you later learned she had viewed a lot of distressing materials. you just mentioned about depression and suicide. you kind of alluded to this, but do you have any idea how much your daughter was using instagram so much and, more importantly, how toxic it was? >> i know the molly i saw and liked, i had to limit how much as well as the legal team which is work...

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Death by suicide. how big of a role do you believe instagram and social media played in mollys case? >> molly was an extraordinary daughter, and even though four years has passed, i still think of her every day and a tear comes to my eye quite often. there was no sign of any mental ill health in molly before her death, and we couldnt work out what possibly triggered it. then we looked into what she had been looking into online and saw the harmful content she had been exposed to on various platfo...

B blistering assessment about the pitfalls of social media, especially for young girls. >> it states that not only is instagram dangerous for teenagers, its substantially more dangerous than other social media platforms, because tiktok is about performance and doing things your friends, snapchat is largely about augmented reality in faces, but instagram is about body and social comparison. >> it seems clear social media has the potential to be a dangerous cliff for teens who are struggling emoti...

An awful locat of care making se you dont spend too much time looking at that level of content. >> ive been aware of molly and the work youve done in the wake of her death. at the time, this was very high profile, particularly in the u.k., and instagram promised to make changes. the company released a statement that said, the company does not promote content that involves death or homicide. that was four years ago. are you aware of anything instagram has done to make it safer, in your view? >> t...

Why are they making changes reactively. they should be proactive. they have the data, they have the research, as facebook papers have shown. they have the resources, they have the data, they have the resources. they should be ahead of the curve rather than reacting. its time governments around the world and legislation thats already been introduced, like the age-appropriate design code here in the u.k. and the calls from governments around the world for a safer online environment be heeded becau...