The Death of Molly Russell: Social Media on Trial

  Molly Russell was 14 years old when she chose to end her life in 2017. Since then, her family has been waging an arduous battle against those who, according to them, are the real culprits. Indeed, the coroner, Andrew Walker, concluded that this young British woman died from an act of self-harm caused by depression due to her interaction with harmful online content. Molly had a board on Pinterest related to suicide. Likewise, her Twitter account (with more than 200,000 followers) published quotes related to the idea of ceasing to exist and of taking her own life. She made…