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Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News at One 20240604 13:09:00

Is about protecting children. that s why the first thing i did when i became secretary of state is defy what everybody said was impossible and actually strengthen this bill for children. we are going further when it comes to children. instead of going after the business models, the engagement algorithms and the way these companies work, which mean that people can be overexposed to abuse or suicide material, or self harm or disinformation and so on, they try to go down the take down content route. it was the case of molly russell, perhaps more than any other, that influenced the bill. she took her own life after being exposed to a stream of content about suicide, depression and self harm. the coroner at her inquest singled out algorithms which relentlessly pushed harmful material. pleased by the bill s progress, ian russell, though, fears it s been weakened. ....

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20240604 14:16:00

Which means that people can be overexposed to abuse or suicide material, self harm or disinformation and so on, they try to go down the take down content route. it was the case of molly russell, perhaps more than any other, that influenced the bill. she took her own life after being exposed to a stream of content about suicide, depression and self harm. the coroner at her inquest singled out algorithms which relentlessly pushed harmful material. pleased by the bill s progress, ian russell, though, fears it s been weakened. don t see how you can see the removal of a whole clause as anything other than a watering down. the evidence that was presented to molly s inquest by the platforms that showed what molly had engaged with when she was online, that contributed to her death, as the coroner concluded at the end of the inquest, the content that she saw and engaged with, i think the most harmful content to her was content that could be ....

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