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Here are the remarks in full from coroner Andrew Walker as he concluded the inquest into Molly Russell’s death.“Molly Rose Russell (died) on 21 November 2017. Molly was 14-years old.“Molly appeared a normal healthy girl who was flourishing at school, having settled well into secondary school life and displayed an…

The coroner said online material viewed by the 14-year-old on sites such as Instagram and Pinterest ’shouldn’t have been available for a child to see’ before her death in 2017

Online content viewed by 14-year-old before her death would have ‘made her feel more hopeless’, inquest told

Expert tells London inquest material 14-year-old viewed online would ‘certainly’ have affected her

Meta’s head of health tells inquest content 14-year-old viewed before her death were ‘by and large, admissive’ under the platform’s guidelines

Lawyers and coroner discussed whether to edit clips because they were ‘so uncomfortable to view’

Executive at parent company Meta says guidelines changed in 2019 to ban ‘all graphic suicide and self-harm content’

Elizabeth Lagone, Meta's head of health and well-being arrives at Barnet Coroner's Court, north London, to give evidence in the inquest into the death of Molly Russell. The 14-year-old schoolgirl from Harrow, north-west London, viewed an extensive volume of material on social media, including some linked to anxiety, depression, self-harm…

The 17 videos which contained suicide and self-harm references were played to the court on Friday.