Prince William calls for improved safety on social media after coroner implicates platforms in girl's death
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Prince William tweeted about the need for stronger safeguards online to protect children from dangerous content following a coroner's report on a 14-year-old who died by suicide.
"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. Online safety for our children and young people needs to be a prerequisite, not an afterthought."
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.