2022-10-16
Wired
Holding platforms accountable for algorithms promoting self-harm is hard because research linking mental health and social media doesn't establish causation
A British court ruled that teenager Molly Russell died in part because of online content—but holding platforms accountable is complicated.
2019-02-23
Wired
Social media companies should gain more in-house knowledge about mental health to realize the impact of recommendation algorithms on users with mental illness
IT'S TROUBLING ENOUGH that British teenager Molly Russell sought out images of suicide and self-harm online before she took her own life in 2017. Tweets: @jvitak , @marylgray , @johndcook , and @wired...
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