Exclusive: Sundance winner Marc Silver, known for documentaries 3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets and Who Is Dayani Cristal?, is set to chronicle the story of British teen Molly Russell, who died from an act of self-harm while suffering depression and the negative effects of online content.
Molly Vs The Machines, from UK companies Snowstorm Productions and Storyboard Studios, with backing from Luminate, Bertha Doc Society, Screen Scotland, The Filmmaker Fund and Ethical Alliance, is due to start production next spring.
Two-time Sundance winner and Emmy-nominee Marc Silver will make the film in collaboration with Shoshana Zuboff, Harvard professor and author of The Age of Surveillance Capitalism.
Russell was tragically found dead in the bedroom of her London family home on the morning of November 21, 2017. Neither her family, friends or teachers could initially explain why she had taken her own life. Over five traumatic years, Ian Russell, Molly’s father, and lawyer Merry Varney,...
Molly Vs The Machines, from UK companies Snowstorm Productions and Storyboard Studios, with backing from Luminate, Bertha Doc Society, Screen Scotland, The Filmmaker Fund and Ethical Alliance, is due to start production next spring.
Two-time Sundance winner and Emmy-nominee Marc Silver will make the film in collaboration with Shoshana Zuboff, Harvard professor and author of The Age of Surveillance Capitalism.
Russell was tragically found dead in the bedroom of her London family home on the morning of November 21, 2017. Neither her family, friends or teachers could initially explain why she had taken her own life. Over five traumatic years, Ian Russell, Molly’s father, and lawyer Merry Varney,...
- 11/16/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Prince William shared an important message after Molly Russell’s cause of death was determined.
On Friday, an inquest revealed that social media played a part in the London teenager’s death after she took her own life in 2017. Russell was only 14-years-old.
“No parent should ever have to endure what Ian Russell [Molly’s father] and his family have been through. They have been so incredibly brave,” the Prince of Wales tweeted. “Online safety for our children and young people needs to be a prerequisite, not an afterthought.”
William, 40, concluded the tweet with the letter “W,” an indicator that the message came directly from the royal.
Read More: Prince William And Kate Middleton Confront Loneliness In Mental-Health Minute Address On U.K. Radio
No parent should ever have to endure what Ian Russell and his family have been through. They have been so incredibly brave. Online safety for our children and young...
On Friday, an inquest revealed that social media played a part in the London teenager’s death after she took her own life in 2017. Russell was only 14-years-old.
“No parent should ever have to endure what Ian Russell [Molly’s father] and his family have been through. They have been so incredibly brave,” the Prince of Wales tweeted. “Online safety for our children and young people needs to be a prerequisite, not an afterthought.”
William, 40, concluded the tweet with the letter “W,” an indicator that the message came directly from the royal.
Read More: Prince William And Kate Middleton Confront Loneliness In Mental-Health Minute Address On U.K. Radio
No parent should ever have to endure what Ian Russell and his family have been through. They have been so incredibly brave. Online safety for our children and young...
- 10/1/2022
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
Brands Look At Instagram’s Content Moderation After Ads Run Alongside Posts About Self-Harm, Suicide
In a situation that calls to mind the initial stages of YouTube’s 2017 ‘Adpocalypse,’ advertisers are taking a closer look at Instagram’s content moderation after discovering their ads appeared alongside content about self-harm and suicide.
Marketers' concern about their ads running alongside sensitive content arose after a recent report from the BBC about 14-year-old Molly Russell, who took her own life in 2017. In the report, Molly’s father Ian said that after her death, her family began probing her social media accounts, and zeroed in on Instagram when they found disturbing content being posted by people Molly followed.
“Some of that content is shocking in that it encourages self harm,” Ian said. “It links self-harm to suicide, and I have no doubt that Instagram helped kill my daughter.”
Steve Hatch, an executive from Instagram’s parent company Facebook, told the BBC he was “deeply sorry,” but when presented with printouts of concerning content,...
Marketers' concern about their ads running alongside sensitive content arose after a recent report from the BBC about 14-year-old Molly Russell, who took her own life in 2017. In the report, Molly’s father Ian said that after her death, her family began probing her social media accounts, and zeroed in on Instagram when they found disturbing content being posted by people Molly followed.
“Some of that content is shocking in that it encourages self harm,” Ian said. “It links self-harm to suicide, and I have no doubt that Instagram helped kill my daughter.”
Steve Hatch, an executive from Instagram’s parent company Facebook, told the BBC he was “deeply sorry,” but when presented with printouts of concerning content,...
- 1/29/2019
- by James Loke Hale
- Tubefilter.com
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