Britain's Prince William, Prince of Wales gestures as he speaks to members of the public outside Norwich Gate on the Sandringham Estate in Sandringham, eastern England, on September 15, 2022, following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. - As preparatio This story discusses suicide.
If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255).Prince William on Friday said that safety online has to be a "prerequisite, not an afterthought" following a coroner’s conclusion that a 14-year-old British girl died after suffering depression from the "negative effects" of social media, causing her to harm herself. "No parent should ever have to endure what Ian Russell and his family have been through," William tweeted from the official Prince and Princess of Wales account. "They have been so incredibly brave.
He signed the tweet "W," indicating it was personally written. A London coroner concluded Friday that Molly Russell, a 14-year-old who died by suicide in 2017, was deeply affected by content related to self-harm and suicide that she viewed on Instagram and Pinterest before her death. ONLINE DANGERS ARE RAMPANT FOR KIDS TODAY – WHY PARENTS MUST KEEP THEM CYBER SAFE"It's likely the material viewed by Molly… affected her mental health in a negative way and contributed to her death in a more than minimal way," coroner Andrew Walker said Friday. "It would not be safe to leave suicide as a conclusion.
She died from an act of self-harm while suffering from depression and the negative effects of online content."Walker added that he planned to write to Instagram’s parent company Meta and Pinterest along with writing a "prevention of future deaths" report regarding.