Mother of B.C. teen who died calls out dangerous social media algorithms pushing harm

VANCOUVER - The mother of a 13-year-old girl from British Columbia who died after her family says social media repeatedly pushed harmful content onto her feed, is calling for regulation of self-harm and suicide-promoting content targeting minors.

Chelsey Whittingham says parental controls alone are no match for the powerful algorithms directed at vulnerable children, exposing them to emotionally harmful and dangerous content without their families’ knowledge.