ian russell first spoke out about what he found on molly's phone in 2019. it any more." he became a vocal campaigner, speaking to mps. i remember my disbelief when i saw my lifeless youngest daughter... even meeting the prince and princess of wales, who tonight said... "no parent should ever have to endure what ian russell "and his family have been through. "online safety for our children needs to be "a prerequisite, not an afterthought. " instagram did make some safety changes. three years ago, we spoke to the ceo, who had this message for ian. i have a lot of respect for the fact that he's turned an incredibly tragic experience into a force for change, into a force for good. and for that, i'm grateful. but ian says any reforms came too late for molly and much, much more needs to be done. if this demented trail of life—sucking content was safe, my daughter molly would probably still be alive. and the final thing i want to say... ..is thank you, molly, for being my daughter. thank you. stay with us on bbc news, still to come. we report from brazil as they p

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ian russell first spoke out about what he found on molly's phone in 2019.nd i don't want to see it any more." he became a vocal campaigner, speaking to mps. i remember my disbelief when i saw my lifeless youngest daughter... even meeting prince william, and all the time, coping with his grief. and some days, it's worse than others, but i don't think there will be a day in the rest of my life where i won't blame myself. instagram did make some safety changes. three years ago, we spoke to the ceo, who had this message for ian. i have a lot of respect for the fact that he's turned an incredibly tragic experience into a force for change, into a force for good. and for that, i'm grateful. but ian says any reforms came too late for molly and much, much more needs to be done. if this demented trail of life—sucking content was safe, my daughter molly would probably still be alive and instead of being a bereaved family of four, there would be five of us looking forward to a life full of promise and purpose. and the final thing i want to say... ..is thank you, molly,

ian russell first spoke out about what he found on molly's phone in 2019.any more." he became a vocal campaigner, speaking to mps. i remember my disbelief when i saw my lifeless youngest daughter... even meeting the prince and princess of wales, who tonight said... instagram did make some safety changes. three years ago, we spoke to the ceo, who had this message for ian. i have a lot of respect for the fact that he's turned an incredibly tragic experience into a force for change, into a force for good. and for that, i'm grateful. but ian says any reforms came too late for molly and much, much more needs to be done. if this demented trail of life—sucking content was safe, my daughter molly would probably still be alive. and the final thing i want to say... ..is thank you, molly, for being my daughter. thank you. joining me now is angus crawford. what everyone wants to know is will anything change?— anything change? well, make no mistake, this _ anything change? well, make no mistake, this could _ anything change? well, make no mistake, this could be _ anythi

ian russell first spoke out about what he found on molly's phone in 2019." he became a vocal campaigner, speaking to mps. i remember my disbelief when i saw my lifeless youngest daughter... even meeting prince william, and all the time, coping with his grief. and some days, it's worse than others, but i don't think there will be a day in the rest of my life where i won't blame myself. instagram did make some safety changes. three years ago, we spoke to the ceo, who had this message for ian. i have a lot of respect for the fact that he's turned an incredibly tragic experience into a force for change, into a force for good. and for that, i'm grateful. but ian says any reforms came too late for molly and much, much more needs to be done. if this demented trail of life—sucking content was safe, my daughter molly would probably still be alive and instead of being a bereaved family of four, there would be five of us looking forward to a life full of promise and purpose. and the final thing i want to say... ..is thank you, molly, for being my daughter. thank you.

after almost five years, a court will finally hear from ian russell.teenager he knew and loved. in a pen portrait, he told the court, "as a family, we think it's essential to know who she really was. full of love and bubbling with excitement about her life ahead." with his wife janet looking on, he went on, "in the uk, four school aged children end their life every week." "it's ok not to be ok," he said. "no—one is immune from such tragedy. it is closer to all than we would care to think. and breaking the stigma around suicide is vital." he talked about her childhood, her love of horses and the outdoors, and said it was odd trying to remember her, and let her go. but also he had a responsibility to tell her story, so that her life and death are a force for good. he finished by saying he hoped everyone touched by the story would remember there was always hope and help and described her life is important and influential and he told the court she was destined to do good. angus crawford, thank you. if you have been affected by any of the issues raised in t

ian russell always said social media helped kill molly. now a coroner agrees.olly died as a result of an act of self—harm while suffering depression and the negative effects of online content. the inquest was shown images like this, liked and shared by molly. "look in my eyes," it says. "i want to die." and here, a heart monitor. the question, "if it stopped, would you miss me?" the algorithms sent her thousands just like it, dark and miserable, cut wrists and nooses. and there were hundreds of videos, black and white, glamorised, set to music. the coroner concluded that: "some of these sites were not safe. they allowed access to adult content a 14—year—old girl should not see." ian russell came every day, sitting through two weeks of graphic evidence about what molly felt and what she saw, the posts he described as a drip feed of daily hopelessness. and, in a first for big tech, executives for meta, which owns instagram, and the image—sharing site pinterest, called to account under oath in a court in the uk. at times, exchanges became heated. the family's barr

ian russell said it was only after her death that he realised she'd been accessing large numbers of disturbinguicide. angus crawford — who first told molly's story — reports from her inquest in north london. bleak, dark, endless... what molly saw on instagram, described as a world of despair. herfather ian called it a drip feed of daily hopelessness. also revealed in court, a twitter account we discovered years ago, and here's what she wrote — words her family were never meant to see. some of them are so painful to read. we just wish we'd been able to...help her. june 2017, six months before she died, and she wrote: "it sucks when you want to cry but you just sit there, doing nothing." she also wrote, "how can you tell the people you love "that you want to die?" at times, her mood did lift. she followed celebrities like ariana grande and she loved harry potter. but then her worries and insecurities would seem to overwhelm her. in a way, molly does seem to have been asking for help, but ian says she was just shouting into the ether. none of the celebrities she tweeted messaged her back. of cour

ian russell said it was only after her death that he realised she'd been accessing large numbers of disturbinglf harm and suicide. angus crawford — who first told molly's story — reports from her inquest in north london. bleak, dark, endless... what molly saw on instagram, described as a world of despair. herfather ian called it a drip feed of daily hopelessness. also revealed in court, a twitter account we discovered years ago, and here's what she wrote — words her family were never meant to see. some of them are so painful to read. june 2017, six months before she died, and she wrote, "it sucks when you want to cry but you just sit there, doing nothing." she also wrote, "how can you tell the people you love "that you want to die?" at times, her mood did lift. she followed celebrities like ariana grande and she loved harry potter. but then her worries and insecurities would seem to overwhelm her. in a way, molly does seem to have been asking for help, but ian says she was just shouting into the ether. none of the celebrities she tweeted messaged her back. of course they didn't. how could they

, but i think the only giant, as i said earlier in the press conference, in today's hearing was ian russellin trying to answer one of the most basic questions, which is, "how did my child come to be dead?" that is something that many parents wonder about, that is something that many parents wonderabout, how that is something that many parents wonder about, how do you police what your children are able to view online? and have any answers come up in the research and the work that you've done into how this can be handled? . _ , .,, ., handled? papyrus was founded 25 ears a . o handled? papyrus was founded 25 years ago this _ handled? papyrus was founded 25 years ago this year, _ handled? papyrus was founded 25 years ago this year, and - handled? papyrus was founded 25 years ago this year, and it - handled? papyrus was founded 25 years ago this year, and it was - years ago this year, and it was founded because parents didn't want to say, "let's put together a bereavement support group," but rather to transform, through the lessons learned from their loss of their sons and daughters, that trage

ian russell said it was only after her death that he realised she'd been accessing large numbers of disturbingcrawford reports from her inquest in north london. bleak, dark, endless... what molly saw on instagram, described as a world of despair. her father ian called it a drip feed of daily hopelessness. also revealed in court, a twitter account we discovered years ago, and here's what she wrote — words her family were never meant to see. some of them are so painful to read. we just wish we'd been able to...help her. june 2017, six months before she died, and she wrote, "it sucks when you want to cry but you just sit there, "doing nothing." she also wrote, "how can you tell the people you love "that you want to die?" at times, her mood did lift. she followed celebrities like ariana grande and she loved harry potter. but then her worries and insecurities would seem to overwhelm her. "my mind has been full of suicidal thoughts for a while, "but reading harry potter and the world you created "is my escape," she @—ed jk rowling. in a way, molly does seem to have been asking for help, but ian says

reviewed and apologised for it but it is something that needs to be dealt with and hats off to ian russellthis until the coroner took action and actually understood that this needed to be stated publicly. i’m needed to be stated publicly. i'm conscious of the fact they were talking to you your kitchen. you rent your house, your house, none of my business, and he was sitting wherever they live looks these headlines tomorrow morning and it doesn't matter whether you own, whether you want to own, but your rent because renting is still tight house prices and pay more for houses that they then rent, and it's going to go up. it's a horrible prospect. we only have two more years of mortgage left and it's on a fixed rate and sitting behind me in the mornings as my daughter who is 31, working at her computer and between flights because the prices went up so much where she was living that she gave it up, came to live here, has been here a month and we decided it was time that she started to look at buying, we looked at that there are various things to help people get on with that, we started to make

tomorrow, the court can expect to hearfrom ian russell himself, delivering something called a pen portraite knew and loved. joining me now is ruth moss. in 2013, her daughter sophie took her own life aged just 13, after being exposed to disturbing self—harm and suicide content on social media. since then, ruth has been raising awareness for the online safety of children. ruth, thank you very much for joining us, and the inquest into molly russell has been bringing back painful memories for you, and i have seen you talk about this before because you are the campaigner, and you often describe yourself as the parent that was social savvy. you put safeguards in place for your daughter, hadden you?- daughter, hadden you? yeah, absolutely. — daughter, hadden you? yeah, absolutely, and _ daughter, hadden you? yeah, absolutely, and i _ daughter, hadden you? yeah, absolutely, and i think- daughter, hadden you? yeah, absolutely, and i think with i daughter, hadden you? yeah, - absolutely, and i think with sophie, we had implemented parental controls on to our home networks. these coded same. as she

it's ian russell to seejess and oliver.ing. tens of thousands of documents — molly's life on social media. there was just no let—up for molly. this is relentless. pictures, drawings and posts — some too graphic to show. she said to us in her notes that she was sorry and... ..that she loved us. and somehow we... ..kept her alive for so long. and i didn't quite understand it until now. but i think i... i'm beginning to know what she means. since molly's death, ian's campaigned to make social media safer... i remember my disbelief when i saw my lifeless youngest daughter. that moment, my old life stopped. ..telling her story, pushing debate. it's devastating. and they should live up to their words. he says the tech companies could be doing much more to make their platforms safe — and others agree. ian has been absolutely magnificent because, you know, from the very beginning he's actually sort of put his loss, his pain and his agony into trying to make sure that this doesn't happen to other families. and in a way, it's a david

it's ian russell to seejess and oliver.nd posts — some too graphic to show. she said to us in her notes that she was sorry and... ..that she loved us. and somehow we... ..kept her alive for so long. and i didn't quite understand it until now. but i think i... i'm beginning to know what she means. since molly's death, ian's campaigned to make social media safer... i remember my disbelief when i saw my lifeless youngest daughter. that moment, my old life stopped. ..telling her story, pushing debate. it's devastating, and they should live up to their words. he says the tech companies could be doing much more to make their platforms safe — and others agree. ian has been absolutely magnificent because, you know, from the very beginning he's actually sort of put his loss, his pain and his agony into trying to make sure that this doesn't happen to other families. and in a way, it's a david—and—goliath story, isn't it? so nearly five years after molly's death, her inquest will finally take place here. hugely important for her famil

after almost five years, a court will finally hear from ian russell.ors, and said it was odd trying to remember her, and let her go. but also he had a responsibility to tell her story, so that her life and death are a force for good. president putin has announced that military reservists are to be sent to ukraine in a partial mobilisation of russian forces. in a televised address, he accused the west of wanting to see worship weakened and destroyed and he said moscow would use all available means to protect its territory. that mobilisation, the first since the second world war, is aimed at those with previous military experience and begins today. 300,000 reservists will be called up to help the military in ukraine. he said he would also support independence in areas of eastern ukraine currently controlled by russian backed separatists. translation: i by russian backed separatists. translation:— by russian backed separatists. translation: i repeat, we are talkin: of translation: i repeat, we are talking of a — translation: i repeat, we are talking of a

children are looking up but absolutely unimaginable and we expect to hear from molly's father, ian russellat significant ruling from the coroner, saying that he cannot safely conclude that molly russell intended to take her own life by suicide. she died as a result of health —— self—harm. and he said that the impact of the material she was viewing online, he said, you cannot even be described as a minimal impact on her state of mind and what happened. we will bring you more on that. we will also be looking at what has been happening on the markets since the mini budget. we have a special programme coming up at ten past 12 with that, so plenty to come, so do stay with us, but let's catch up with the weather. hello. today is probably the most widely wet and windy day we've had in some time. not everywhere at the moment, though. still across some parts of east and south east will stay dry as we head towards the evening rush hour. rain clearing away from western scotland and northern ireland gradually through the afternoon to sunshine and showers, but very windy as that rain pushes eastwards i

exposed to harmful content online. 14—year—old molly russell viewed large numbers of social media posts about depression, suicide, and self—harm. her father ianll be a turning point. he is expected to begin giving evidence tomorrow. a peak audience of around 28 million viewers in the uk watched the queen's funeral yesterday making it one of the country's biggest ever tv events. the vast majority of them were watching on the bbc. and those figures don't include the number of people steaming the coverage online or on phones. our media and arts correspondent david sillito is here. big numbers watching it. a specific moment, 12.25 yesterday afternoon as the funeral procession is passing through parliament square to whitehall, 9.5 million watching on bbc alone and then you have to remember there are another 50 plus channels covering the event and altogether it is 28 million people. and also you have to remember that throughout the day the audience, say, for instance, bbc one, it never went below ten or 11 million. a lot of people were dipping in and out throughout the day. the bbc alone said it reached 32 million people on the day. and one figure

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