The opportunity to render social media secure must not “slip away,” according to the coroner in the inquest into Molly Russell’s death, who also expressed worries about platforms.
At a previous hearing, Andrew Walker told North London Coroner’s Court that social media had brought risk to children into their homes and that the risk should be “kept away from children completely”.
Mr Walker outlined a range of concerns about platforms, which were: a lack of separation of children and adults on social media; age verification and the type of content available and recommended by algorithms to children; insufficient parental oversight for under-18s.
He told the court he would prepare a report aimed at preventing future deaths after he delivers his conclusion in the inquest on Friday.