Coroner calls for review of children’s social media access

The coroner at Molly Russell’s inquest has recommended that the government considers separate social media platforms for children and adults as he called for a review of child use of online content. Molly, 14, from Harrow, north-west London, died in 2017 after viewing extensive amounts of material related to suicide and self-harm on platforms including Instagram and Pinterest. Andrew Walker issued a prevention of future deaths report recommending that the government should look at: separate sites for children and adults; checking a user’s age before they sign up to a platform; providing age-appropriate content; the use of algorithms to provide content; advertising to children; and parental or guardian access to a child’s social media account.

Source: Molly Russell coroner calls for separate social media platforms for adults and children (telegraph.co.uk)