Instagram: ‘Romanticising the idea of suicide’

On 20 September, an inquest began into the death of Molly Russell, a 14-year-old from Harrow, who took her own life in 2017 after viewing graphic content relating to depression and self-harm on Instagram and Pinterest.

by Elizabeth Wiredu

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