Foundation warns Meta's content moderation cuts could recreate unsafe conditions linked to teen's 2017 suicide.

The Molly Rose Foundation, established after 14-year-old Molly Russell's suicide linked to harmful Instagram content, warns that Meta's recent cuts to content moderation may lead to a return to unsafe conditions similar to when Molly died in 2017. The foundation urges the UK regulator, Ofcom, to strengthen the Online Safety Act, ensuring stricter content moderation and proactive scanning for suicide and self-harm content. Meta plans to rely more on user reports, a move criticized as potentially harmful.

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