Molly Russell
13 Oct 2022 · Coroner Andrew Walker · North London
A similar concern from this report was raised again 2 times later. See the linked reports.
The coroner's concerns
1. lack of platform separation for children
“There was no separation between adult and child parts of the platforms or separate platforms for children and adults”
2. lack of age verification
“There was no age verification when signing up to the on-line platform”
3. uncontrolled age-specific content
“That the content was not controlled so as to be age specific”
4. algorithmic content delivery
“That algorithms were used to provide content together with adverts”
5. lack of parental control
“That the parent, guardian or carer did not have access, to the material being viewed or any control over that material”
6. no linked monitoring accounts
“That the child's account was not capable of being separately linked to the parent, guardian or carer's account for monitoring”
Linked reports
Closely relatedConfidence 0.85 · high
This report
“There was no age verification when signing up to the on-line platform.”
Later 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.”
Closely relatedConfidence 0.80 · moderate
This report
“That algorithms were used to provide content together with adverts.”
Later report
“unless the platform providers take responsibility fortheir content and/or toxic algorithms either voluntarily or through Government action”
Responses
2022-0315-Response-from-META.pdf ↗· Meta Platforms
2022-0315-Response-from-Pinterest.pdf ↗· Pintrest
2022-0315-Response-from-Snap.pdf ↗· Snap Inc
2022-0315-Response-from-Twitter-International-Unlimited-Company-.pdf ↗· Twitter International Company