now on bbc news, molly russell was just 1a when she took her own life. after she died, herfamily found graphic posts about suicide and self—harm on her instagram account. herfather, ian, spoke out, making headlines around the world and forcing instagram into a promise to remove the most harmful content. now ian russell has taken his message to the us to meet other bereaved families and find out if the tech giant has kept its word. the bbc‘s angus crawford followed him on thisjourney. a warning, you may find some of the details of this programme upsetting. i expect it will be quite an emotional thing for me to be in the heart of silicon valley, given what's happened to ourfamily. that was her birthday, that weekend. and then two days after, she died. they are turning over our kids' lives to algorithms. children are literally dying every day. itjust needs to be shut down. this isn'tjust for molly, this is for every young wasted life. the government tells social media companies to take more responsibility for harmful online content. 14—year—old molly russel

a case of molly russell.hed light on her death. that is something her parents have been pushing for. there is a wider issue of the impact on the mental health of teenagers based social media. bullying, to body image but also being able to access harmful content, which in this case seems to be the case, for example for teenagers with suicidal tendencies. in terms of young people and what is around it, brilliant for connecting people, opening up information...m is complicated. this case highlights of that. and another story tech firms in britain, 9 billion a year, more than france and germany combined. it is my paper reporting it. according to my paper it is true u nless it. according to my paper it is true unless you know otherwise. it is what our business section is leading on. it has been such an abysmal day, a bit of an uplifting story to end the night with, i suppose. probably not doing as badly as some would have us believe. fears over a tech exodus may be that is not happening. the tech world is slightly

next, molly russell was just 11; when she took her own life in 2017. instagram account after her death they found distressing material about depression, suicide and self—harm. after a committed campaign by her dad, instagram pledged to remove all posts about methods of suicide and self—harm, including pictures, drawings and curtains. —— and cartoons. molly's dad believes instagram is partly responsible for his daughter's death and he has taken his campaign to take up social media, silicon valley. i have been talking to him and to two 13—year—old girls, aoife and trinity, about their experiences on line. since your daughter's death, what have you learnt about the power of social media? there are many things that i have learnt since molly has died. the first of them is nothing to do social media, i think that's the prevalence of mental ill health. i was lulled into a full sense of security, i thought it was something that did not happen that often, it happened probably to other people in a misguided way. but there are figures that showed that something l

and ian russell, campaigning to make social media safer after his daughter molly's death.oing enough now?" the event's for a charity called shout. igive up. i've felt miserable for too long now. it connects volunteer counsellors with people in crisis, all by text across the uk. launched six months ago, it's trained 1,500 volunteers who've had 140,000 conversations with people in crisis. that's six million texts. and this is where it all began. new york. recently, ian russell came to meet the service's founder. here, it's called crisis text line. i'd love to be put out of business. my dream... i'm not a for—profit. crisis text line, shout, we are not for profit. we are ngos, we are here for the public good. my real dream would be for us to go out of business someday because people don't need us any more. unfortunately, right now i'm in a growth business. pain. pain seems to be a growth business in both of our countries. wow, there's a lot of you here today, it's fantastic. for the prince in london, a very personal message. thank you to all of you, all the volunteers. you're

videos, people moments before self—harm, potentially, and it comes on the back of the death of molly russells. she was a british 1a—year—old. these sorts of videos. she was a british 14-year-old. great to see something is being done but quite shocking to think all these young people are out there, young people on instagram, the sulphur content out there encouraging people in some sort of insidious way to think this is somehow acceptable or normal or something they should be doing? is somehow acceptable or normal or something they should be doing7m shows how much pressure there has been on social media companies and is having an effect? it certainly is but i think the pressure needs to be on them as well, this is where young people are going for content and information and so they need to be accountable, really and make sure the on there is something that will be in the wider mainstream media. and staying with instagram, the telegraph newspaper has the story, i read this today, i couldn't believe it, university hall is being replaced with instagram about hotel style rooms, this is so that pot

and coming up, molly russell's father travels to the us to meet tech giants instagram, and find out how his daughter's death has changed social media. good evening. welcome to bbc news. the leader of the brexit party, nigel farage, has announced he won't be standing as a candidate in the coming general election. he says he'll focus instead on touring the country to support his party's candidates. it comes days after his offer of an electoral pact with the conservatives was rejected by borisjohnson. here's our political correspondent nick eardley. love him or hate him, nigel farage has been a key face in british politics for years. it's like sponsored drinking! there might be fewer pints these days, more chats with us presidents instead, but after years of trying, seven elections to be precise, he will not be standing to be an mp this time. i don't want to be in politics for the rest of my life. do i find a seat, try to get myself into parliament, or do i serve the cause better traversing the length and breadth of the united kingdom, supporting 600 candidates? and i have decided that the

one shared by ian russell, whose daughter, molly, took her own life two years ago.ross the uk. launched six months ago, it has trained 1500 volunteers, who have had 145,000 conversations with people in crisis. that's 6 million texts. and this is where it all began, new york. recently, ian russell came to meet the service's founder. here, it is called crisis text line. i would love to be put out of business. my dream, iam love to be put out of business. my dream, i am not for profit. crisis text line, we are not—for—profit, we are an ngo, we offer the public good. my dream would be to go out of business on sunday because people don't need us anymore. right now i am unfortunately in a growth business. pain— pain seems to be a growth business in both of our countries. well, there's a lot of you, it's fantastic. from the prince in london, very important message. thank you to all of you, all the volunteers. you are all wonderful and we are very proud of you. thank you. and for ian, a chance to ask questions. it is shocking how many people are so young and having really h

ian russell believes social media's partly responsible for the death of his 14-year-old daughter, mollyperienced extreme bullying in school. camika shelby's 15-year-old son, nigel, died earlier this year after coming out as gay. and carolyn zahnow lost her 18-year-old son, cameron, to suicide in 2005 after he battled years of depression and addiction. >> nigel was such a joy. he was always being silly. he loved to dance. he loved to sing. >> she was an angel. she wanted to be a lawyer. i asked her, why do you want to be a lawyer? because i want to make the world a better place. >> cameron. he was a very good artist, photographer. generally just a very sweet, caring kid. >> molly was adorable, one of the most caring people that i've ever known, and she was obviously also very good at keeping secrets, because she managed to keep from us as a family that she was suffering in this way. we had no idea. >> statistics show that in nine out of ten suicides, the person had diagnosable mental health issues. raise your hand if you believe your child had mental health issues or had been diagnosed w