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Instagram's algorithms may have shown tragic teenager Molly Russell harmful content before she had even searched for it, a whistleblower has claimed.
The tech giant and its parent company Facebook has been under pressure ever since Frances Haugen revealed it knew the app worsened youngsters’ mental health.
An inquest is due next year that will seek to find out what role social media platforms played in the death of Molly, who took her own life aged 14 in 2017.
Her father has previously accused Instagram of ‘helping to kill’ his daughter after he found she had been viewing graphic images of self-harm and suicide on the app.
Yesterday Miss Haugen suggested that while Molly may have ‘followed some stuff related to being a little blue’ the platform would have taken her down a dangerous rabbit hole.
Molly Russell took her own life aged just 14 in November 2017. An inquest, due to take place next year, will look into the what role social media sites played in her death
Former Facebook employee Frances Haugen revealed the social media platform knew the app worsened youngsters’ mental health
The former Facebook employee told The Sunday Telegraph: ‘I guarantee you that with the algorithm, if she kept engaging, it just kept getting worse.
‘Imagine you are kind of a fragile teen and you are being exposed to a little bit of stuff, talking
