Social media giants like Facebook and Instagram must hand over data so experts can analyse their impact on mental health, a major report warns. 'I am in no doubt the graphic self-harm content and suicide encouraging memes on Molly's social media feeds helped kill her. Tech giants have also been urged to help fund studies that examines the consequences of social media use. 'Their research will help shine a light on how young people are interacting with social media, not just how much time they spend online. Social media firms giants have previously been in the dock over their failure to hand over data when it is in the public interest.

Source: Daily Mail January 17, 2020 00:03 UTC