this is the story of molly russell. molly was the youngest of three sisters.ed to be a very ordinary teenager. she was 14. 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. molly was one of around 200 children who take their own lives every year. since her death, we have been able to look back and just scratch the surface of some of the social media accounts that she had been following. i remember this one, that picture. "this world is so cruel, i don't want to see it anymore." there are accounts from people who were depressed or self—harming, and some of that content seemed to be quite positive, perhaps groups of people who were trying to help each other out, but some of that content is shocking in that it encourages self—harm. it links self—harm to suicide and i have no doubt that instagram helped kill my daughter. these are some of the posts molly had liked. dark, hopeless, relentless, and there is much, much more. certain

for now, for molly and childrenjust like her, iain russell's works goes on. helped and increased awareness that we have has helped anyone else, she would be very pleased. angus crawford, bbc news. eu citizens who fail to apply to remain in britain by next year's deadline will not be automatically deported, downing street has confirmed. so far, nearly 2.5 million people have been told they can live and work in the uk after brexit — but hundreds of thousands have yet to apply. they're one of the most successful rugby union clubs in the country — boasting some of the sport's leading players. but despite their glory on the pitch, saracens is facing relegation because the club has breached the sport's £7 million salary cap for players — something they've done for the past three seasons. they've already been fined million of pounds. now they face being dropped down. here's our sports editor, dan roan. saracens training today having been told to prepare for the worst. the champions are on the banks of automatic relegation, having breached salary cap rules for a fourt

molly russell's father ian fully backs the plans.levy that was forced upon them so that they had to pay, it would be a tiny amount in terms of their profits, but it only needs to provide for good, proper academic research with anonymised data so that the whole world can better understand the sort of problems that are driving young people into desperate places. radical solutions which may not be popular with an industry making billions from the children using its products. angus crawford, bbc news. downing street has confirmed that eu citizens won't automatically be deported if they fail to sign up to the government's settled status scheme by the deadline ofjune next year. let's get more on this from our political correpsondent iain watson at westminster. iain many have signed up for settled status, but quite a few haven't. absolutely, ben, 2.8 million eu citizens have applied for settled status allowing them to work here, 2.5 million applications have been processed, but that still leaves about half a million who have not, and the eu

molly russell's death... now it's gone. sparked a national outcry.nies that count their profits in the billions, and they turn around and say to us that they can't protect our children? questions about young people and mental health. you can compel them to do what needs to be done? yes, absolutely. focusing public anger on the tech giants and demands for greater regulation. announced in the queen ‘s speech, the government's plans for a new, independent regulator, and a statutory duty of care. my ministers will develop legislation to improve internet safety for all. but the royal couege safety for all. but the royal college of psychiatrists wants tougher action. social media companies are very wealthy. they've got a huge amount of knowledge. they can create complex algorithms which hook young people into their platforms. why can't they be using the same amount of energy, knowledge and funding to try and harness the positive benefits and help try and protect children? tech giants should be forced to share data with university researchers, and be taxed

ever and you can get more on the website. if social media is harmful to children — the father of molly russell graphic content, is backing their call. we're not asking for people's privacy to be invaded here. we are asking for the data that is available — the data that those tech companies use and monetise — to be notjust turned into their profits but to be used for good. doctors are also calling for the tech firms to pay tax to help fund the research. also tonight... saracens, one of the most successful rugby clubs in the country, face relegation after breaching

molly russell's father ian fully backs the plans. a levy that was forced upon them so that they had to pay, it would be a tiny amount in terms of their profits, but it only needs to provide for good, proper academic research with anonymised data so that the whole world can better understand the sort of problems that are driving young people into desperate places. radical solutions which may not be popular with an industry making billions from the children using its products. angus crawford, bbc news. we have a guest from the big brother watch group now, what is your view on the idea of gathering data so we can look at the impact of online abuse? gathering data and doing research is very welcome and a very good idea, but what we are very cautious about is any call that suggests that data subjects, those using social media platforms, are taken out of the equation. it is important for trust online and people's data rights and their health and well—being that when they are using the internet, they feel they have full control over who has

caused by their sites and this is that that this young girl molly russell took her own life after hershe viewed self—harm content on instagram. yeah, i think that she viewed self—harm content on instagram. yeah, ithink this that she viewed self—harm content on instagram. yeah, i think this is another step towards the attempts to properly regulate and tax these huge, a huge multinational digital companies but multinationals more broadly because we have had scandal after scandal over the last ten years mainly about multinational corporations shifting tax, not paying what they should trying to avoid regulation. all the more severe with these huge digital giants that are so integrated into all of our lives. they are like utilities, a lot of the time you can't not use some of the google or facebook or whatever. and yet, they are completely almost out of the reach of many national governments to regulate and there has been slow movements to work together to change that. the pace has not come quickly enough. ending to a situation where we can say governments have more control over at the dat

for now, for molly and childrenjust like her, ian russell's works goes on. lped and the increased awareness that we have has helped anyone else, she would be very pleased. angus crawford, bbc news. the colombian government says it's to restart aerial spraying of coca leaves with herbicide, in an effort to reduce the record levels of cocaine currently produced in the country. spraying was suspended in 2015 after a study found the chemical used could cause cancer. since then, the area under coca cultivation has tripled, with much of the cocaine produced ending up in the us. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan travelled to colombia to find out what else is behind the surge in production. in the middle of the andes, after a three—hour hike, i meet the foot soldiers of the cocaine trade. the farmers. how old are you? every two months, they harvest a crop of coca leaves. it pays them around £75 a month each, mainly for what they do with the leaves. they add a variety of toxins, including ammonia and petrol. the process creates this valuable paste, whi

for now, for molly and childrenjust like her, ian russell's works goes on. has helped and the increased awareness that we have has helped anyone else, she would be very pleased. angus crawford, bbc news. ben croucher has all the sport. england are on top. 120 from ben stokes and a maiden century. 135 not out. england declared on 499—9. the england spinner was taking both wickets. still trailing. i think they were at medan and when he gave up, i didn't know what to do asa he gave up, i didn't know what to do as a celebration. get rid of a bit of energy. it was a pretty special moment and it was awesome to see the boysin moment and it was awesome to see the boys in the changing room and see how happy they were as well is something we really enjoying changing room. we enjoy each other‘s success changing room. we enjoy each other‘s su ccess ca n changing room. we enjoy each other‘s success can so that was pretty awesome. a great day for him. he him. he says he has not stopped smiling. the thoughts in ourjonathan trott. the thing that struck me and impressed me h

two years ago, 14—year—old molly russell took her own life. you for talking to us and coming on the programme again. could you remind us about the circumstances surrounding molly's death in relation to social media and what you discovered? after molly died we had many questions inevitably about what had happened to her and why she made the decision that she did. that led us to look on her social media accounts and what we found there was shocking. there we re we found there was shocking. there were memes of depressive material that encourage depression and anxiety, normalising such subjects andi anxiety, normalising such subjects and i think it led her to her death —— death or lead her to death. and it was disturbing to see these things are so obvious easily found on platforms such as instagram and pi nte rest. on platforms such as instagram and pinterest. just talking about the content pinterest. just talking about the co nte nt you pinterest. just talking about the content you are saying molly was exposed to, it is interesting because this i

molly russell's father ian fully backs the plans.y that was forced upon them so that they had to pay, it would be a tiny amount in terms of their profits, but it only needs to provide for good, proper academic research with anonymised data so that the whole world can better understand the sort of problems that are driving young people into desperate places. radical solutions which many not be popular with an industry making billions from the children using its products. angus crawford, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... the city of glasgow becomes the biggest in the uk to pledge to become carbon neutral in the next ten years, amid fresh warnings about global warming, with the last decade the hottest on record. calls for a public inquiry into cuts to the probation service — following the inquest into the death of conner marshall, killed by an ex—offender who was on probation. psychiatrists call for social media companies to hand over their data so they can research what the online world does to children's mental health. calls for

in part, sparked by the death of molly russell who had been looking at self—harm and suicide materialook her own life. protecting children like molly is what her father ian believes these proposals are all about. we are not asking for people's privacy to be invaded here. we are asking for the data that is available, the data that those tech companies use and monetise, to be notjust turned into their profits but to be used for good as well. do you really think the tech companies will willingly hand over their data 7 i think the tech companies' first step seems to me to be a caution. they are very suspicious of people's motives, but i would hope the tech companies see the value in that. because it is really important. it will save lives. social media is of course not wholly and only bad, but it is important the harmful parts of social media are kept in check, otherwise that is what we will only hear about. i have seen comments telling other people to kill themselves. i have seen comments about different people telling others that they are fat and horrible and worthless and they do not d

molly russell's death... and that's gone. ..sparked a national outcry.are companies that count their profits in the billions. and they turn round and say to us that they can't protect our children? questions about young people and mental health. do you have the power to compel them to do what you think needs to be done? yes, absolutely. focussing public anger on the tech giants. and demands for greater regulation. announced in the queen's speech, the government's plans for a new independent regulator and a statutory duty of care. my ministers will develop legislation to improve internet safety for all. but the royal college of psychiatrists wants tougher action. social media companies are very wealthy. they have got a huge amount of knowledge, they can create complex algorithms which hook young people into their platforms. why can't they be using that same amount of energy, knowledge and funding to try and harness the positive benefits, and help try and protect children and young people more? tech giants should be forced to share data with university res

the father of molly russell, who took her own life after viewing graphic content, is backing their callthat is available, the data that those tech companies use and monetise, notjust to be turned into their profits, but to be used for good. and doctors are calling for a tax on technology companies to fund important research. also tonight... record amounts of cocaine are being produced in colombia. much of it ends up here in the uk. we have a special report.

molly russell's death... and that's gone. ..sparked a national outcry.e companies that count their profits in the billions, and they turn round and say to us that they can't protect our children? questions about young people and mental health. do you have the power to compel them to do what you think needs to be done? yes, absolutely. focussing public anger on the tech giants, and demands for greater regulation. announced in the queen's speech, the government's plans for a new independent regulator and a statutory duty of care. my ministers will develop legislation to improve internet safety for all. but the royal college of psychiatrists wants tougher action. social media companies are very wealthy, they have a huge amount of knowledge, they can create complex algorithms which hook young people into their platforms, why can't they be using that same amount of energy, knowledge and funding to try and harness the positive benefits, and help try and protect children and young people more? tech giants should be forced to share data with university researche

for now, for molly and childrenjust like her, ian russell's works goes on. y has helped and the increased awareness that we have has helped anyone else, she would be very pleased. angus crawford, bbc news. earlier, i spoke to the ceo of the centre for countering digital head, i asked of the foot of today's report. i thought it was set of very sensible recommendations in the report. perhaps it was with an eye to further use. we would go further at the centre, we would say that some of those social media companies have behaved downright morally in allowing the sort of hate to fester on their platforms, notjust the abuse of young ladies and young people, but also nasty level that we find in groups. it is time for society to take action. is that not another element of the world of social media, in terms of blocking that type of content? i think what they psychiatrists are saying is research into mental health. absolutely. they lookjust not at the mental health of young people, but also at the impact of radical material on young people and society asa material on

for now, for molly and childrenjust like her, ian russell's works goes on. helped and the increased awareness that we have has helped anyone else, she would be very pleased. angus crawford, bbc news. we are nowjoined by the ceo of centre for countering digital hate imran ahmed. thank you for coming in. we had a look at the report that was put out? i have. what did you make of it? if it it was a set of very sensible recommendations. perhaps with an active fairness we would go further, we would say that actually some of those social media companies, the way we have behaved is downright immoral. in allowing this kind of hate to fester on their platforms, not just abuse of young ladies hate to fester on their platforms, notjust abuse of young ladies and young people, but also that sea—level hatred that we find in groups and it is time for society to ta ke groups and it is time for society to take action. is that another element of the world of social media? in terms of blocking that type of co nte nt ? terms of blocking that type of content? because i think what

molly russell was just 1a when she took her own life.de and self—harm on her instagram account. her dad blamed social media, in part, for her death. he's supporting the calls by the royal college of psychiatrists. the proof is that they're not throwing enough money at this, because that content is still there and the era of self—regulation hasn't proved to be effective. so that's why other measures are needed. and if there was a levy that was forced upon them so that they had to pay, it would be a tiny amount in terms of their profits. but it only needs to provide for good, proper academic research with anonymised data so that the whole world can better understand the sort of problems that are driving young people into desperate places. we can talk now to dr bernadka dubiska, chair of the child and adolescent faculty at the royal college of psychiatrists and co—author of the report, and sarah lechmere, who says she was on the "verge of death" by the time she sought professional help for her eating disorder. she says it was easy for her t

the father of molly russell, who took her own life after viewing graphic content, is backing their call. we're not asking for people's privacy to be invaded here. we're asking for the data that is available, the data that those tech companies use and monetise, notjust to be turned into their profits, but to be used for good. and doctors are calling for a tax on technology companies to fund important research. also tonight... record amounts of cocaine are being produced in colombia. much of it ends up here in the uk. we have a special report. iran's supreme leader, in a rare public address, defends his country's armed forces, after they mistakenly shot down a passenger plane. saracens faces relegation from the rugby union premiership after breaching the players‘ salary cap for the fourth season. bbc news. hello, sir. on behalf of saracens‘ fans, what's the latest? and making history — the scottish brothers who've broken three records by rowing 3000 miles across the atlantic. coming up on sportsday on bbc news — centuries from ben stokes and ollie pope give england control of the third te