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Molly Russell’s friends call social media firms ‘heartless’
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February 24, 2026
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5:42Now PlayingMolly Russell, a fourteen-year-old from North London, took her own life after being exposed to a stream of harmful content online in 2017.
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A new documentary, 'Molly vs the Machines', examines the collision between Big Tech’s prioritisation of profit and a vulnerable teenager drawn into a dark digital world.
Molly’s closest friends are speaking out for the first time to call social media companies “heartless.”
Warning: this report contains distressing details.
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