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The INEGI has estimated that in countries like Mexico there are more than 8 thousand registered suicides.
Of the 34 million active users who gets to register Instagram in the UK for a month according to figures from NapoleonCat, Molly Russell, of 14 yearsincluded the 5.5 percent from younger to 17 yearswho made use of the platform but in his case, he no longer continued to use the platform after committing suicide and as evidenced in a trial that has been opened after his death, the event occurred after he had seen suicidal content, which even the platform He recommended based on his preferences of visits he made on the social network, as has transpired from the trial that follows him.
Like Russell’s death, which is being investigated in an English court, possibly motivated by content on Instagram, there are situations that have been measured in studies such as the one conducted by the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.
In this research It was concluded that the main reason for frustration of young people against social networks was that they felt angry, at least that was the conclusion of the study. 17 percent of those interviewed; the 16 percent he said he felt hurt; 15 percent depressive and other 15 percent anxious.
The precariousness of mental health in social networks was denounced by Ignatius Civeiraa child and adolescent psychiatrist from the behavioral addiction unit of the Gregorio Marañón Hospital in Madrid, when the specialist entrusted The country in an interview, that among young users there is a behavior of mimicking behaviors and personalities because they find them interesting, so all they get is information that has not been contrasted.
From the latest figures that we have at hand, reporting the suicide rates in Mexico, the INEGI announced that during 2021 this activity added more than 8 thousand people who took their own lives.
Suicide cases linked to the use of social networks have established cases such as the one registered in 2021, when we learned of the death of Dazharia Shaffer, popularly known as Bxbygirlldee, when the influencer decided to take her own life.
On that occasion, the minor’s father acknowledged that it was someone who “was always very happy and was very happy every time I came home from one of my tours.”
“Among the youngest, mimicry usually occurs, unverified information enters them and they begin to copy attitudes just because that person seems interesting or attracts them,” said the father.
Sensitive content on Instagram
In English courts the case of Molly Russellwho committed suicide in 2017 and, as revealed in the process carried out against Instagramaccessed suicidal content based on recommendations that the platform itself made to them, due to the type of content they visited.
“We regret that molly has seen content that violated our policies and we don’t want that on the platform,” he said. elizabeth lagon, head of health and wellbeing in Meta.
A Meta executive has defended suicidal content being posted on social media claiming it helps people to “share feelings and express themselves”, the Molly Russell inquest has heard. https://t.co/YYoyOWETtu pic.twitter.com/Qj1PVOw19P
— Charles Hymas (@charleshymas) September 24, 2022
The case is still being discussed but there is undoubtedly an interesting scheme of how social networks impact people’s emotional well-being, an action that will invariably motivate the network market to implement new protocols against these practices and in this specific situation. , Lagone is not the only one who has apologized to Russell’s family, Jud Hoffman, head of community operations at Pinterest, said he deeply regretted the death of the child and assured that there was content that should have been removed, but that on that occasion it was not took off