Momentous Facebook Lawsuit Shows Need to Integrate Morality in Technology

Some private companies, like Gan Jing World, have already adopted an ethics-over-profit approach to developing and providing technology.

A pedestrian walks in front of a Meta sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on Oct. 28, 2021. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Molly Russell was 14.

Ms. Russell was active on social media platforms, including Instagram, Pinterest and Twitter. Around the time of her death, her father found images encouraging self-harm on her computer. In 2017, she “died from an act of self-harm while suffering depression and the negative effects of online content,” Andrew Walker, a coroner from the United Kingdom, concluded in a report that same year.