Isabella Shere
5 Mar 2024 · Coroner Fleur Hallett · London Inner (South)
This report repeats 1 earlier warning. See the linked reports.
The coroner's concerns
1. exposure to suicide methods
“There are questions and answers on Quora's website that provide information [REDACTED]. The question and answer thread that Miss [name redacted] viewed immediately before her death, at the time of writing this report has had 169,700 views.”
2. unrestricted access by children
“Children are able to access the site through search engines without being required to create an account and access content [REDACTED] without being asked if they are an adult or being required to input their date of birth.”
3. encouragement of repeated exposure
“There is a function to follow questions [REDACTED] encouraging further consumption of this material.”
4. inadequate content moderation
“There is not sufficient monitoring and/or moderation of the content of questions/answers in accordance with Quora's own platform policies. [REDACTED]”
Linked reports
Closely relatedConfidence 0.85 · high
Earlier report
“There was no age verification when signing up to the on-line platform.”
This report
“Children are able to access the site through search engines without being required to create an account and access content [REDACTED] without being asked if they are an adult or being required to input their date of birth.”
Responses
2024-0298-Response-from-Department-for-Science-Innovation-and-Technology.pdf ↗· Department for Culture
Stated action
“Ofcom has proposed in its draft Children's Safety Codes that functionalities such as alerts and notifications or those that allow users to react to content are specific risk factors that should be considered.”