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Analysis of over 12 million content moderation decisions by six major tech platforms shows that over 95% of suicide and self-harm posts are being detected by just two major platforms, Pinterest and TikTok.

Burrows has 15 years experience leading high impact public policy and public affairs programmes, with deep expertise in online harms, technology, regulated markets and consumer policy.

The news means tech firms could be forced to hand over social media profile data, and was welcomed by Ian Russell, Chair of the Molly Rose Foundation.

MRF hopes that WeAre8’s algorithm-free model will, alongside robust moderation and safety protocols, pioneer a new type of social media where children are protected from harmful content rather than being funnelled towards it.

In an open letter to the UK’s main political parties, bereaved parents and child abuse survivors call on whoever enters Downing Street next month to commit to a strengthened Online Safety Act.

The Labour party has pledged to give coroners the powers they need to access information held by tech companies after a child’s death.

The Molly Rose Foundation is making a major intervention ahead of the General Election.

The run was a tribute to Holly Still’s sister, who took her own life at the age of 13 a decade ago.

Upon being made MBE, Ian Russell said: “It’s for my family, and that family still includes Molly.”

A spectacular day of fundraising at Cannon Lane Primary School in Pinner has raised more than £1,000 for the Molly Rose Foundation.

Children as young as 5-7 years-old are increasingly present online, with up to a third using social media unsupervised.

We now deliver Suicide First Aid courses for organisations and communities on how to have a three-step conversation that could save a life.