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Social media and suicide: What is the evidence? - BBC Newsnight
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February 8, 2019
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3:35Now PlayingThere is growing concern about the impact of social media content on self-harm, anorexia, and suicide.
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Instagram has pledged to remove graphic images of self harm from its site and the UK's Chief Medical Officer has recommended devices be banned from meal times and bedrooms for the sake of youngsters' mental health.
But how much solid evidence exists of such a link, particularly in terms of suicide? Our technology editor, David Grossman, reports.
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