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Russell familyMeta and Pinterest, the owner of Instagram, made major donations to a charitable association that was created in the name of 14 -year -old Molly Russell, and the BBC understood.
Molly, from Haru in northwest London, took her private life in 2017 after she was subjected to a stream of suicide content and self -references on the two platforms. The pathologist concluded the negative effects of online materials that contributed to her death.
The donations are believed to have gone to the Molly Rose Foundation, which is carrying out internet safety campaigns. Meta and Pinterest rejected the comment.
The Molly family said they decided not to take legal measures against technology companies and will never “accept compensation” for Molly’s death.
In a statement via their lawyer, the family said it “will follow the goals we share with Meta and Pinterest through the Molly Rose to help ensure that young people have a positive experience online.”
Russell familyMeta and other social media companies are facing multiple lawsuits in the United States of families who claim that their children have been harmed by social media. Issues also include public lawyers from more than 40 states, claiming that the design of platforms causes harm to children.
The first trial is expected to be heard in November.
The details of the payments were not disclosed to the Molly Rose Foundation. Rose was the middle name of Mawla.
The annual report of the Charitable Society states the following: “The Molly Rose Foundation has received grants from donors who want to not reveal their identity. After they looked at their obligations, the trustees agreed to respect these desires.”
BBC believes that this indicates payments to the charity from the two social media companies. These payments began in 2024 and are expected to be paid for several years.
It is not known exactly when any agreement is reached on donations.
During the past nine months, the charity has recruited the CEO, general policy managers, the head of communications and the director of donation.
When asked about donations, the charity was repeated in a statement that it “respects these desires” in order not to reveal its identity.
It is understood that no members of the Russell family have received any money from donating.
After approaching the family lawyer, a statement was issued, saying: “After the investigating judge investigated the death of Molly, we decided to follow the goals we share with Meta and Pinterest through the Molly Rose to help ensure that young people have a positive online experience, instead of following the legal procedures. We, the Molly family, have always made it clear that we will never accept more Molly due to the death of Molly.”
The media of the Palestinian AuthorityThe Molly Rose Foundation has become a pioneering voice in highlighting the risks of social media that is not organized and is still critical.
The government has called for strengthening the current online safety law with more powerful legislation.
It does not call for a ban on social media for children, as is planned in Australia, but he calls on technology companies more responsibility for the content that was directed to young people through social media algorithms.
In the month of March of this year, in cooperation with the publisher that McMilalan, the charitable organization sent a copy of a book written by those reported to those amounting to those amounting to those reported to those reported to those amounting to the amount of each deputy in the country. In this, Mrs. Win Williams, who used to be the company’s global policy manager, has made a series of important allegations about what she witnessed in the seven years on Facebook.
Molly Ean Russell’s father is an unpaid guardian in the institution and is still an explicit activist.
In January, Mr. Russell wrote to Prime Minister Sir Kerr Starmer, who called on the government to act urgently to protect youth over the Internet. In his message, Mr. Russell said that the United Kingdom “is retracting online safety.”
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta for specific criticism after the company It canceled the fact -Facebook fact examination program.
He said that Mr. Zuckerberg and Eileon Musk, the owner of X, were part of the “wholesale calibration” of the world online, and to stay away from safety towards the “Laissez model, anything else.”
“By stopping the platforms back away from safety, Mark Zuckerberg mainly changed the game and showed that the platforms are not really here to play safely, it’s here to make money,” said Laura Queensburg of the BBC.
Matthew Bergman, the American lawyer and founder of the Center for the Law of Social Media, welcomed the donation news and praised the “unlimited efforts” for the father of Molly to hold social media companies accountable.
Meta and Pinterest were contacted by BBC News, but they refused to comment.
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