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Sitting in the witness box, a Meta executive faced an uncomfortable question: Did her company contribute to the suicide of 14-year-old Molly Russell?
The internet, according to the ruling, “affected her mental health in a negative way and contributed to her death in a more than minimal way.”
Meta, Pinterest, and other social media platforms are legally to blame for the death of Molly Russell, who died as a result of self-harm in November 2017 at the age of 14.
The coroner’s verdict was a world first in citing social media as a causal factor in the 14-year-old’s death
14-year-old named Molly Russell committed suicide in November, 2017 and the family's lawyer argued that the girl 'literally got ideas from Instagram