the bbc‘s angus crawford asked him whether the site is "monetising misery".ery. we look to connect people with their friends and the interests that they love and care about. we think that we create a lot of good in the world. and we were not as focused as we should have been on the risks that came along with connecting so many people. but moving forward, actually, we're going to change our policy to not allow any graphic images of self—harm, whether or not it's admission or promotion. so you are going to take all self harm images off of instagram? graphic self—harm images, yes. so i might have an image of a scar where i say, "i'm 30 days clean", and that's an important way for me to share my story. that kind of content can still live on the site, but we're actually, the next change is that it won't show up in any recommendation services, so it'll be harder to find. it won't be in search. it won't be in hashtags. it won't be in recommendations. but graphic imagery, we're going to take off instagram entirely. that's going to take some time, but we're committed

angus crawford reports.tures, their most personal data 7 that's an agonising question for molly russell's dad, ian. there's data on her electronic devices that we can't access. it won't do any good in molly's case, but of course, we might learn lessons that might help other people. i'm sure there's something on her instagram account... the family know she had at least one account on instagram, but there may be others. she used pinterest too. a month after her death, automated emails were still suggesting more accounts to follow. in law, that data belongs to the tech companies, not the family. but we now believe that the coroner is writing to instagram, pinterest, youtube and apple, demanding that they hand over anything they know about what molly did online. so why youtube? here's why. within a couple of clicks, we find videos about self—harm. many are meant to be positive, posted by people trying to help. but some of the images are graphic and disturbing. and look — the same kind of bleak cartoons we know m

angus crawford, bbc news.british prime minister has produced no breakthrough on the brexit impasse, according to the president of the european council, donald tusk. theresa may is trying to get legally binding changes to her withdrawal agreement to help it get through the parliament in london. this from our political editor, laura kuenssberg. the prime minister is well used to unexpected obstacles being thrown in her path. an anti—brexit protester bundled away from her motorcade in brussels. after mps kicked out the deal she reached with the eu, her only choice is to try to keep going. here to plead with the eu for changes, knowing already they'd say no. we must secure legally binding changes to the withdrawal agreement to deal with the concerns that parliament has over the backstop. and taking changes to the backstop, together with the other work that we're doing on workers‘s rights and other issues, will deliver a stable majority in parliament. the european union very firmly keeps saying no. now, donald tusk

angus crawford reports.their online life, their messages, posts and pictures, their most personal data ? that's an agonising question for molly russell's dad, ian. there's data on her electronic devices that we can't access. it won't do any good in molly's case, but of course, we might learn lessons that might help other people. the family know she had at least one account on instagram, but there may be others. she used pinterest too. a month after her death, automated e—mails were still suggesting more accounts to follow. in law, that data belongs to the tech companies, not the family. but we now believe that the coroner is writing to instagram, pinterest, youtube and apple, demanding that they hand over anything they know about what molly did online. so why youtube? here's why. within a couple of clicks, we find videos about self—harm. many are meant to be positive, posted by people trying to help. but some of the images are graphic and disturbing. and look — the same kind of bleak cartoons we know molly l

angus crawford, bbc news. raised in molly's story and would like details of organisations which offer advice and support, go online to bbc.co.uk/actionline or you can call for free at any time to hear recorded information 0800 066 066. well, the promise from instagram comes on the same day as the uk's most senior medical advisers issued their first official advice for parents about screentime. they say children should be stopped from using mobile phones at meal times and devices should be kept out of their bedrooms at night. children should also go no more than two hours without taking a break from screen—based activities. our health editor hugh pym reports. on average, i spend around three hours a day online, looking at a mixture of social media, entertainment, watching tv or tv series, and also using it for my homework. about two hours, and i spend on snapchat, instagram and social media, looking at my friends' photos. i use maybe half—an—hour each day, maybe looking up stats or watching youtube. schoolkids

angus crawford reports.ns to their online life, their messages, posts and pictures, their most personal data ? that's an agonising question for molly russell's dad, ian. there's data on her electronic devices that we can't access. it won't do any good in molly's case, but of course, we might learn lessons that might help other people. i'm sure there's something on her instagram account... the family know she had at least one account on instagram, but there may be others. she used pinterest too. a month after her death, automated e—mails were still suggesting more accounts to follow. in law, that data belongs to the tech companies, not the family. but we now believe that the coroner is writing to instagram, pinterest, youtube and apple, demanding that they hand over anything they know about what molly did online. so why youtube? here's why. within a couple of clicks, we find videos about self—harm. many are meant to be positive, posted by people trying to help. but some of the images are graphic and disturbin

angus crawford, bbc news.n cancelled because an outbreak of equine flu. this is just before the cheltenham festival. cornelius lycett has the latest. this is a highly contagious illness. it is similartoa bad highly contagious illness. it is similar to a bad case of flu for you oi’ similar to a bad case of flu for you or me, forany similar to a bad case of flu for you or me, for any of us. however, you are talking about 14,000 racehorses in training in the uk. clearly not able to communicate how they are feeling. and the fact is if you have got huge sums of horses under the weather, as it were, and a certain amount of uncertainty about whether some horses are under the weather or some horses are under the weather or somejust some horses are under the weather or some just have different symptoms, the most sensible way to proceed is to have no racing at all. the science behind this is their own more positive tests for equine influenza. however, symptoms can ta ke influenza. however, symptoms can take up to three

angus crawford, bbc news. let us turn to british horseracing. at least next wednesday because of an outbreak of equine flu. the decision was made after three horses tested positive for the disease. this comesjust over a month before one of the biggest events in the uk horse racing calendar — the cheltenham festival. 0ur horse racing correspondent cornelius lysaght has the latest. this is a highly contagious illness, but it is similar to a bad case of flu for you or me orfor any but it is similar to a bad case of flu for you or me or for any of us, however, you are talking about 14,000 racehorses in training in the uk clearly not able to communicate how they are feeling. and the fact is, if you have got huge numbers of horses were under the weather, as it were, and also a certain amount of uncertainty about whether some horses under the weather or some just have different symptoms, the most sensible way to proceed is to have no racing at all. and the science behind this is the no more positive test for equine flu, however the symptoms can take up

angus crawford, there.es raised in molly's story and would like details of organisations which offer advice and support, go online to bbc.co.uk/actionline, or you can call for free at any time to hear recorded information on 0800 066 066. with just 50 days to the date set for the uk's departure from the eu, the prime minister has once again insisted she'll deliver brexit on time. theresa may was speaking in brussels, where she's seeking legally binding changes to her withdrawal agreement to deal with concerns over the irish backstop, the guarantee relating to the open border between northern ireland and the republic. the european commission president, jean—claudejuncker, has again ruled out re—openng the agreement. but they agreed to further talks before the end of the month, as our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. the prime minister is well used to unexpected obstacles being thrown in her path. hey, hey! an anti—brexit protester, bundled away from her motorcade in brussels. after mps kicked out t

angus crawford, bbc news.aised in molly's story and would like details of organisations which offer advice and support, go online to bbc.co.uk/actionline or you can call for free at any time to hear recorded information 0800 066 066. the body recovered from the wreckage of the plane that crashed in the channel over a fortnight ago has been formally identified as cardiff city footballer, emiliano sal. —— emiliano sala. the pilot david ibbotson has still not been found. their light aircraft was found on the seabed in the channel on sunday, two weeks after it disappeared during a flight which was taking the striker from nantes in france to cardiff where he had recently been signed. dorset police are continuing to investigate the cause of the crash. with just 50 days to the date set for the uk's departure from the eu the prime minister has once again insisted she'll deliver brexit on time. theresa may was speaking in brussels where she's seeking legally binding changes to her withdrawal agreement to deal with conc

this story that my colleague angus crawford has highlighted.round the world. the very first time, sort of announcing a mere copper to some extent, it's going to ban all graphic images of self harm on the site. is that enough? you'll make it difficult to know what is in. we must remember this has resulted in arguably the death of a 14—year—old girl who took a life. when we step back, the power of the social media companies, instagram and facebook, all of these have a responsibility and we are seeing an increasing amount of government guidelines are our children, how much time they should be spending, the psychological impact. safer than they may have been. they are not as safe in terms of the psychological welfare because of the psychological welfare because of the psychological welfare because of the time they spend on these things. there are huge pluses. all the benefits from social media. of course, we are hearing increasing and implementable negative stories, whether that be the harvesting of data and images. there are grey lines. some absol

angus crawford, bbc news. an awful story, and for every pa rent, we this is such an awful story, and for every parent, we are all worried about our kids on social media. my 13—year—old daughter is on it more often than i would like. you can't monitor it all the time, you need these companies to have some sort of monitoring capacity because we cannot be looking over their shoulders 24—hour day. we know that kids are bullied and get these terrible messages and it is up to the company to step in and help make sure this doesn't happen again. absolutely. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news... you and officials investigating the killing of jamal khashoggi was the victim was of a premeditated murder. areas of low pressure are coming thick and fast. wednesday night and into thursday we had strong winds across england and wales courtesy of this area of low pressure. the centre is knocking on the door of denmark now. to the west we have the next area of

angus crawford, bbc news.of organisations which offer advice and support, go online to bbc.co.uk/actionline or you can call for free at any time to hear recorded information 0800 066 066. the bank of england has warned that it expects the uk economy to grow at its slowest rate for a decade. it revised its growth forecast for this year from 1.7 to i.2%. the bank's governor mark carney blamed it on uncertainty over the uk's departure from the eu, what he called the ‘fog of brexit‘, as well as a global slowdown. here's our economics correspondent darshini david. tell us why you came back to birmingham. i have a lot of history here, to be honest. lizzie is one of the record 32.5 million people in work. but, like many, she's not having an easy time. i don't even make 12 grand a year. i do have tips, which obviously helps. but without sounding dramatic, it's exhausting. it is. i constantly count my pennies, constantly trying to work out... it's really hard work. she is hoping for a betterfuture. but the governor of

angus crawford sat down with the girl's father and i got suggested accounts to follow, so suddenly im and instagram was saying, you are interested in self—harm, would you like to follow these accounts? you were guided to how to commit suicide, how to hang yourself, how to tie a noose. i have pictures of that. i have reported loads and other friends have reported these accounts and what generally happens is you get a message saying it does not breach the community guidelines. as a mum i would like to remove it from my children's devices. you need to take a stand and you need to do something now, not look at it and leave it for months. you need to do something now because children are dying and you have a moral responsibility. that's what a proportion of british society feels about your platform. what do you think of that? i mean it's powerful, heavy stuff. we have an immense amount of responsibility. it's clear we aren't yet where we need to be on issues of self—harm and suicide. what they are saying is that they feel instagram is a dangerous place. yes, that's clearly what they're sa

government regulation of the social media companies, but first have a look this report from the bbc s angus crawfordyoung people. a warning though — some viewers might find it very distressing, especially if you've been affected by these issues — and it might not be suitable for any children in the room. it lasts just over 5 minutes. when you actually start becoming a part of it, you get almost stuck to it. it draws you in. i honestly don't know how we did get through it. it's... it's unbelievable. you'll never understand he stress and pressure, and your whole life just stops. and what sort of pictures were you posting? all different pictures. healing, fresh, everything. and pictures of hospitals. it was all... pretty much everything, i was very hooked on it. it was almost like you have to keep up with it, otherwise people would just turn away and stop caring. how much do you think the instagram community led you to start hurting yourself? um, i don't think it made me do it, but i think it definitely accelerated the severity of it, because i'd see people, and then it would almost go in my brain, "th

her father, ian, spoke to the bbc‘s angus crawford about it two weeks ago.rs. at the time, she seems to bea sisters. at the time, she seems to be a very ordinary teenager. she was 14. be a very ordinary teenager. she was 1a. she was enthusiastic. she handed her homework in that night. she packed her bags and was preparing to go to school the next day. and then when we woke up the next morning, she was dead. since her death, we have been able to look back and just scratch the surface of some of the social media accounts. some of that content seems to be quite positive. perhaps groups of people who are trying to help each other out. but some of that content shocking in that it encourages self—harm. it links self—harm to suicide. and i have no doubt that instagram helped kill my daughter. instagram says it removes any content which glorifes suicide or self—harm, but demands for a better way to control what young people are exposed to are intensifying. the government claims harmful online content "has the effect of grooming people" to kill themselves. figures sh