Social media still pushing suicide-related content to teens despite new UK safety laws | Internet safety | The Guardian

Researchers who set up dummy accounts as 15-year-old girl were bombarded with self-harm and depression posts…

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/19/social-media-still-pushing-suicide-related-content-to-teens-despite-new-uk-safety-laws 

 

On popular online platforms, predatory groups coerce children into self-harm - Washington Post

Unlike many "sextortion" schemes that seek money or increasingly graphic images, these perpetrators are chasing notoriety in a community that glorifies cruelty, victims and law enforcement officials say. The FBI issued a public warning in September identifying eight such groups that target minors between the ages of 8 and 17, seeking to harm them for the members' "own entertainment or their own sense of fame."…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2024/764-predator-discord-telegram/