Delays to Molly Russell inquest could put children at risk, coroner warns as told Facebook ‘withholding’ evidence
The TelegraphMr Sanders said his team was already trying to parse through thousands of pages of evidence from tech companies to establish what images and posts the teenager had seen. However, Mr Sanders said his team is having trouble examining all the evidence from two "enormous" spreadsheets Facebook, which owns Instagram, had provided on Molly’s activity as it only provided links to the posts rather than images of them. Mr Sanders said they also had issues with Twitter, which would only reset Molly's account so Mr Russell could get access to it. Tara Hopkins, Instagram’s Head of Public Policy for Europe, said: “We’re working with the Coroner and the Russell family and our intention has always been to be as helpful as possible in this important investigation. We’ve built new technology to find more violating content, and we are working with our regulator and the Government to bring its full use to the UK so we can remove more and offer support to those who need it.” Following the hearing, Merry Varney, a partner at the firm Leigh Day representing the Russell family, said: “Our client welcomes the Senior Coroner’s recognition that Molly’s inquest should be heard as soon as reasonably possible and in particular his recognition of the potential harm being caused to other children being currently exposed to similar depressing and graphic material that Molly was.”