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Social media's effects on teen mental health comes into focus

Experts are increasingly warning of a connection between social media use and mental health issues in children.

Axios

Social media triggers children to dislike their own bodies, says study

Exclusive: Study shows social media a ‘significant risk’ to young people’s view of themselves and can provoke mental health distress

The Guardian - UK

Labour pledges to toughen ‘weakened and gutted’ online safety bill

Shadow culture secretary Lucy Powell vows to target algorithms that bombard children with harmful content if party wins power

The Guardian - UK

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Lush co-founder Rowena Bird wants a social media revolution

One year into the brand's anti-social media policy, she says not enough has changed.

Mic

Online safety: what young people really think about social media, big tech regulation and adults 'overreacting'

Don’t say ‘just don’t go online’ because adults wouldn’t do that if something happened in the real world. If you got followed home, it’s not like [they would say]: “Hey, stop leaving the house.” Help the person understand that it wasn’t their fault and try to help them through it…

The Conversation

UK families call for easier access to deceased children’s social media history

Relatives of Molly Russell and other children support changes proposed as part of online safety bill

The Guardian - UK

Judge to decide if brain-damaged teenager can be allowed to die

The teenager’s mother persuaded Mrs Justice Morgan to delay a ruling on whether life-support treatment should end until after Christmas.

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Molly Russell's dad accuses Government of 'watering down' online safety bill

The Government is overhauling its proposed Online Safety Bill to force tech giants to improve protections for children but has faced criticism for axing a duty on firms to remove legal but harmful content

Daily Mirror

UK waters down internet rules plan after free speech outcry

The British government has abandoned a plan to force tech firms to remove internet content that is harmful but legal, a proposal that drew strong criticism from lawmakers and civil liberties groups

The Independent UK

Government accused of ‘watering down’ Online Safety Bill

‘Legal but harmful’ duties are being dropped as the Culture Secretary said they would have ‘stifled’ free speech.

The Independent UK

UK minister defends U-turn over removing harmful online content

Michelle Donelan rejects claim by father of Molly Russell that online safety bill has been watered down

The Guardian - UK

New duties on social media firms as Tories accused of watering down legislation

Web giants will be forced to beef-up protections for youngsters, according to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport - but a key clause has been ditched ofter a backlash

Daily Mirror

Online Safety Bill to criminalise encouraging self-harm as Molly Russell charity hails ‘significant move’

Molly Russell, 14,took her own life in November 2017 after she had been viewing harmful material on social media

Evening Standard

Encouraging someone to self-harm will become a crime after 14-year-old girl's death

The long-delayed Online Safety Bill will return to the Commons from December 5, and more details will be unveiled from Tuesday of how it will be changed in the wake of Molly Russell taking her own life

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The Independent UK

Online self-harm content to be made illegal five years after death of teenager Molly Russell

The maximum penalty for the offence will be published in due course, the government said

The Guardian - UK

‘Abhorrent trolls’ who encourage self-harm online face criminal prosecution, says minister

Culture secretary Michelle Donelan to amend bill that, after Molly Russell case, will place duty of care on social media firms

Daily Mirror

Parents told to buy children phones without internet to protect them from online harm

Dame Rachel de Souza, the Children's Commissioner for England, warned 'we will look back in 20 years' time and be absolutely horrified by what we allowed our children to be exposed to'

The Guardian - UK

UK government criticised for failing to protect children from online harm

Organisations representing young people have criticised Tories amid fears that manifesto pledges on internet safety are under threat

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The Guardian - UK

Archie Battersbee’s mother asks coroner to examine role of TikTok in death

Exclusive: Hollie Dance believes 12-year-old was ‘influenced, persuaded or peer-pressured’ into taking part in online challenge

The Independent UK

Ian Russell: Decision to further delay Online Safety Bill could cost young lives

The Online Safety Bill had been expected to return to the Commons on November 1.

The Independent UK

Labour attacks ‘disgraceful’ delay as Online Safety Bill dropped from schedule

Government ‘can’t decide if it wants to keep children safe online’, says Labour’s Lucy Powell

The Independent UK

‘Strenghtened’ Online Safety Bill to return to Parliament imminently

The Culture Secretary committed to strengthening the child protection aspect of the Bill which was put on hold during the Tory leadership race.

Wales Online

Molly Russell's dad said jailing executives at 'unsafe' social media platforms should be an option

Ian Russell said it would "refocus their minds" if senior social media executives faced a prison sentence for not protecting users of their platform properly after the death of his daughter Molly, 14

The Independent UK

Ian Russell says jail option for ‘unsafe’ social media execs would ‘focus minds’

Mr Russell, the father of teenager Molly Russell, said he ‘can’t wait’ to see responses to a Prevention of Future Deaths report.

The Independent UK

Honour for campaigning MP who pioneered Online Safety Bill

Dame Caroline Dinenage was recognised by the Princess Royal on Tuesday for political and public service.

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