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The Latest Breaking News from the Molly Rose Foundation

Most Young Australians Successfully Evade the Country's Social Media Ban

The anxious generation is proving more tech savvy than regulators.

Reason

New documentary explores online safety following Molly Russell death

Molly vs THE MACHINES has been made in close collaboration with the Russell family.

Evening Standard

Tech companies’ access to UK ministers dwarfs that of child safety groups

Exclusive: Amazon, Meta and X among firms holding hundreds of meetings with people at heart of government, data shows

The Guardian - UK

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Bereaved families call for inquiry into UK failure to act on pro-suicide forum

Report found coroners raised concerns over suicide forums at least 65 times to three government departments since 2019

The Guardian - UK

Half of girls exposed to harmful content online with teens twice as likely to see it on TikTok and X

Research from the Molly Rose Foundation found teenagers were twice as likely to encounter ‘high risk’ content on TikTok and X than other major platforms

The Independent UK

Social media still pushing suicide-related content to teens despite new UK safety laws

Researchers who set up dummy accounts as 15-year-old girl were bombarded with self-harm and depression posts

The Guardian - UK

More children seeing violent and degrading pornography online, says commissioner

Boys (73%) were more likely than girls (65%) to report seeing online pornography.

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Children must not grow up at mercy of toxic algorithms, says tech secretary

New online safety measures around age verification and algorithms pushing harmful content came into effect on Friday.

Evening Standard

New online safety measures to protect children from ‘toxic algorithms’

Websites could be banned in the UK if they fail to meet online safety measures

The Independent UK

Comply with child age checks or face consequences, Ofcom tells tech firms

New safety codes coming into effect on Friday also include a demand that algorithms are tamed to block the most harmful material.

Evening Standard

UK campaigners raise alarm over report of Meta plan to use automation for risk checks

Ofcom ‘considering the concerns’ raised after claim that up to 90% of risk assessments will be carried out by AI

The Guardian - UK

Meta and Pinterest believed to have donated to Molly Russell charity

Anonymous donations made to Molly Rose Foundation, set up after Molly Russell, 14, took her own life after viewing harmful material on social media

The Guardian - UK

Why Meta and Pinterest have reportedly donated to Molly Rose Foundation

Molly Russell: Meta and Pinterest ‘make secret donations to schoolgirl’s charity’

The Independent UK

Molly Russell: Meta and Pinterest ‘make secret donations to schoolgirl’s charity’

A charity was set up in Russell’s name after she took her own life aged just 14

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Meta and Pinterest understood to have made donations to Molly Russell charity

The 14-year-old girl took her life in 2017 after viewing harmful material about suicide on social media platforms.

Evening Standard

Charity ‘appalled’ at reports online safety laws could be cut for US trade deal

The chief executive of the Molly Rose Foundation said he had written to the Business Secretary to warn of ‘dire consequences’.

Evening Standard

Majority oppose Meta’s rollback of safety rules, charity says

The social media giant announced a major revamp of its content, safety and moderation policies in January to support ‘free expression’.

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Public Urges Tougher Online Safety Laws After Southport Attacks

LONDON, UK — A new poll reveals that nearly nine in ten (87%) adults are concerned about extreme violence circulating online following the Southport attacks,

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Evening Standard

Ofcom criticised over ‘checklist’ approach to Online Safety Act

The Molly Rose Foundation has called for the Government to step in and strengthen online safety rules.

The Guardian - UK

Meta’s content moderation changes ‘hugely concerning’, says Molly Rose Foundation

Charity set up after 14-year-old’s death concerned as Zuckerberg realigns company with Trump administration

Evening Standard

Meta’s ‘bonfire’ of safety policies a danger to children, charity says

The Molly Rose Foundation has warned social media risks becoming a haven for harmful content if safety regulation is not bolstered.

Evening Standard

Australian social media ban for under-16s a ‘retrograde step’, UK charity says

The Molly Rose Foundation warned that banning children under 16 from social media was not the way to protect young people.

Evening Standard

Social media ban for teenagers under consideration – Technology Secretary

Peter Kyle is setting out Ofcom’s social media priorities as powers from the Online Safety Act come into force.

Evening Standard

New, strengthened Online Safety Act needed to protect children, charity says

The Molly Rose Foundation has called Ofcom’s current approach to enforcing the online safety laws ‘risk averse’.

Evening Standard

Molly Russell's father says tech firms still failing to stop the spread of suicide content online

A new report from the Molly Rose Foundation says social media firms are failing to stop the promotion of self-harm and suicide content

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