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2017-IG-01: Molly Russell

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A UK inquest concluded repeated exposure to self-harm/suicide content online contributed to a teen’s death.

Parent
Incidents
Provider
Meta
Last reviewed
March 25, 2026
Incident ID
2017-IG-01
Provider
Meta
Outcome
DEATH
Grade
A1
Date window
2017-11 to 2017-11

Related pagesIncident directory/Meta/REC/MOD-AMP

Contents

Summary

2017-IG-01 is a A1 coroner inquest row involving Meta Instagram. A UK inquest concluded repeated exposure to self-harm/suicide content online contributed to a teen’s death.

Instagram Content Amplification. Original date string: November 2017 (death); September 2022 (ruling). Source summary: A UK inquest concluded repeated exposure to self-harm/suicide content online contributed to a teen’s death.

Coding

2017-IG-01 is coded as DEATH with grade A1. The public row assigns REC/MOD-AMP and treats the incident as human harm incident.

Field Value
Platform Meta Instagram
Model version Instagram
User type adolescent
Jurisdiction UK
Evidence type coroner_inquest
Product mechanism recommendation_system
Trajectory strict no

Assigned taxonomy codes

REC/MOD-AMP

Evidence

The public evidence anchors for 2017-IG-01 are the materials listed below. Only explicitly linked evidence files are hosted live.

The closest related pages are the incidents that share a provider family, case cluster, pathway-duplicate group, or overlapping coding profile.

Sources

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