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UK watchdogs urged to tackle suicide social media content after death of girl, 14

Adriana Retyte took her own life after viewing ‘high-risk’ material on the video-sharing platform TikTokA 14-year-old schoolgirl’s death after TikTok served her suicide content has prompted renewed calls for UK watchdogs to crack down on “toxic” social media feeds.Adriana Retyte, a pupil at Langley school in Norfolk, took her own life after she viewed videos and images related to suicide on the video-sharing platform, according to a coroner who last week found her access to the material on TikTok “may have played a significant part in her decision to take her life”. Continue reading...
UK watchdogs urged to tackle suicide social media content after death of girl, 14
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