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Social media sites failing to stop the spread of suicide content, charity says

Social media platforms suffer from significant, fundamental system failings in handling self-harm and suicide content, according to a new report. Suicide prevention charity the Molly Rose Foundation said it had found harmful content at scale and ...

29 Nov 2023 at 00:01

Online Safety Act not ‘job done’, Molly Russell’s father warns next government

Seeing the Online Safety Act as a “job done” would be a “disaster”, a bereaved father has said as he called on the next government to commit to updating legislation to tackle harms affecting children. Ian Russell, whose 14-year-old daughter ...

03 Jun 2024 at 00:01

Social media firms ‘failing to detect and remove’ suicide and self-harm content

Some of the biggest social media platforms are failing to detect and remove dangerous suicide and self-harm content, according to a new study. Research from the Molly Rose Foundation found that of more than 12 million content moderation ...

15 Aug 2024 at 16:47

New, strengthened Online Safety Act needed to protect children, charity says

Ministers should commit to a new version of the Online Safety Bill which strengthens regulation in order to better protect children, a charity has said. The Molly Rose Foundation has warned that the current implementation of the Bill ...

25 Oct 2024 at 00:01

U16s social media ban punishes children for tech firm failures, charities say

Children should not be “punished” or “penalised” for the failures of tech companies, UK online safety campaigners have said, in response to Australia’s plans to ban under-16s from social media. The Australian government has ...

21 Nov 2024 at 13:08

Social media ban for teenagers under consideration – Technology Secretary

Social media ban for teenagers under consideration – Peter Kyle

A ban on social media for under-16s is “on the table” if companies do not take action to protect children, the Technology Secretary has said. Peter Kyle made the warning while preparing to tell Ofcom to be more assertive ...

20 Nov 2024 at 07:37

Q&A: Ofcom, the Online Safety Act, and codes of practice for social media

Online safety regulator Ofcom has published its first set of codes and guidance under the Online Safety Act, setting out the duties tech firms must comply with regarding illegal harms. The landmark safety laws will ...

16 Dec 2024 at 13:59

Ofcom’s new online harms rules for social media firms disappoint campaigners

The first set of new online safety rules legally requiring social media and other sites to take action against illegal content have been published by Ofcom. The regulator said platforms now have three months to ...

16 Dec 2024 at 12:09

UK going ‘backwards’ on online safety, Molly Russell’s father tells Starmer

The father of a teenage girl who killed herself after viewing harmful content on social media has told Sir Keir Starmer that the UK is “going backwards” on online safety. Ian Russell, chairman of the Molly ...

11 Jan 2025 at 19:09

Tech giants must obey UK’s online safety laws, says minister

British law has not changed and tech giants must still obey it, the Science Secretary has said in response to Meta’s decision to do away with content moderation teams. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced ...

13 Jan 2025 at 09:27

Meta’s ‘bonfire’ of safety policies a danger to children, charity says

Meta’s recent “bonfire of safety measures” risks taking Facebook and Instagram back to where they were when Molly Russell died, the charity set up in her name has warned. The Molly Rose Foundation said ...

28 Jan 2025 at 07:07

Charity ‘appalled’ at reports online safety laws could be cut for US trade deal

Online safety experts have warned that watering down the Online Safety Act to appease tech giants and help secure a trade deal with the US would be a “sell out of children’s safety”. There have been ...

03 Apr 2025 at 10:36

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