Instagram to extend its ban on images of self-harm to cover cartoons

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Move follows appeal by father of 14-year-old Molly Russell, who killed herself in 2017

Instagram is to extend its ban on depictions of self-harm to cover cartoons and drawings, following an appeal from Ian Russell, whose 14-year-old daughter, Molly, killed herself in 2017.

Molly had been looking at graphic content relating to suicide and self-harm before she died, her father discovered, prompting him to go public earlier this year and campaign against the platform’s rules that allowed that material.

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