UK Coroner Urges Separate Platforms for Adults and Kids After Ruling Online Content Contributed to Death of Teen

UK Coroner Urges Separate Platforms for Adults and Kids After Ruling Online Content Contributed to Death of Teen
Undated photo of Molly Russell, taken outside her home in Harrow, northwest London shortly before her death in November 2017. Russell family via PA
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A coroner has issued recommendations including separate social media platforms for adults and children, following an inquest into the death of a London schoolgirl.

Molly Russell, a 14-year-old girl from Harrow, northwest London, who her father said showed no obvious signs of mental illness, took her own life on Nov. 21, 2017. She had viewed online content related to depression and self-harm for months.