Damming verdict on social media: Coroner rules schoolgirl Molly Russell killed herself after viewing harmful posts

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Prince William has said keeping children safe online should be a 'prerequisite, not an afterthought' after an inquest into 14-year-old Molly Russell's death

During the inquest, Ian Russell told the hearing seeing the material the teenager accessed from the "ghetto of the online world" still affects him.

"And if you're struggling, please speak to someone you trust or one of the many wonderful support organisations rather than engage with online content that may be harmful."I'll give a fuller statement at the church hall when I've had time to collect my thoughts, and I will be joined by others who would like to say more about online safety.

As a result, large amounts of harmful content can be found on social media today as platforms struggle with moderating the sheer scale of content being posted and the balancing act of allowing users to express themselves while trying to keep their online spaces safe. During the inquest, coroner Andrew Walker said the opportunity to make social media safe must not "slip away", as he voiced concerns about the platforms.

"We'll continue our work with the world's leading independent experts to help ensure that the changes we make offer the best possible protection and support for teens."

 

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This couple only waits on wat harry n meghan say n they jump on the bandwagon.harry expressed similar projects to creat a safe online environment for children now baldy is quick to jump on ideas for some relevancy

William the 'bandwagon jumper' hypocrite. Really William what about your brother's wife and your niece and nephew they are being abused daily and not a word from you.

So nobody in her family ever thought about monitoring her internet use?

This is cruelty, pure evil! Modern culture and its ... are failing us. Too much hatred on online!

The same William who leaves abusive comments about his own nephew and niece on his social media pages, that guy you mean Hypocrite

After what his lot did with the paedophile Epstein I think he should butt out. They better stay away from my kids. You can't pay the rape away with my kids

Prince William should stop being such a hypocrite. He instigated the harassment and bullying of Meghan, his sister-in-law. William, charity begins at home.

Yet his own twitter page contains abuse agains his own nephew and niece, which they never moderate. One more act of hypocrisy and proving they don't see their own family as human. Oh, and what a pathetic copy cat after Harry and Meghan made online safety a priority cause.

William got no problem with Archie & Lilibet being abused online.

Has he taken Prince Andrews phone off him? Hypocrite.

These are some of the abuse under Prince William’s own social media platform under posts relating to his own brother’s family.

PrinceofPegging which TheNewYorkTimes exposed as using Taxpayers money to buy Abusive BOTs to Prop up his Social Media Platform

A Bit Rich coming from PrinceofPegging . The same Man child who run to Murdochs Rags and Daily Fail to run smear campaign and gaslight sections of the Public.

The PrinceOfPegging is a liar. When is KP going to take down the racist comments about Meghan and her children on their IG page?

Am all for this safety for children online. Harry helped launch a safety toolkit and hopefully William with all the resources and media behind him Haa a capacity to do much more. I do pray that our Internet is safe foe children, speaking as a mother of 2 teenagers

Why Molly's parents not notice changes in Molly's behaviour If old system of having family meals together every day had existed Molly's change in behaviour would have become known

Doesn't matter what gets implemented people will always find a way to find what they want if you just look hard enough

All he’ll ever do about it is issue a statement.

Does he also think keeping his brother and wife safe from toxic online articles is a prerequisite too🤔

Not PrinceWilliam jumping on the same band wagon as PrinceHarry? He has no original ideas and actively encourages racial abuse of MeghanMarkle and his niece and nephew. Why is he pretending to care. 🙄 royal

Ever since camera phones were made advanced & internet access being available on them, too many children have made how they look & how they appear toxic & too much bullying is done via the net & social media. Society in general should have tackled against this ages ago!

After Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan fought for an achieved success with others on this issue way earlier in the year. William says and does everything as an after thought. There's no real interests or caring from this man. 🤮

We need protection for our children how many more does it take for these internet companies too listen 👂 if your clever enough to build these sites you should be able too protect it’s your duty

Password : Andrew1

🤞 keep them safe from people like his uncle.

Said as an afterthought ironically 🤷🏻‍♂️

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