Coroner Concludes Online Content Helped Kill Depressed London Teen in Landmark Ruling

Undated photo of Molly Russell, taken outside her home in Harrow, north west London shortly before her death in November 2017. Russell family via PA

“Negative effects of online content” was a contributing factor in the death of a British school girl who took her own life in 2017, a coroner concluded on Friday.

Coroner Andrew Walker, who made the conclusion, said the ruling is “the first time” that “tech platforms have been formally held responsible for the death of a child.”