Meta executive apologises over inappropriate content seen by Molly Russell

Inquest hears that some of content viewed by 14-year-old on Instagram in months before her death violated guidelines in place at the time

A senior executive at Instagram's owner has apologised after admitting that the platform had shown Molly Russell content that violated its policies before she died.

Elizabeth Lagone, head of health and wellbeing policy at Meta, acknowledged that some of the posts and videos had broken Instagram guidelines at the time, which prohibited the glorification, encouragement and promotion of suicide and self-harm.