After a mother’s cry for help: how dangerous are social media and do they really encourage suicide? This is what the expert says

“Yes, there is reason for concern.” After the cry for help from a mother, whose daughter committed suicide after watching videos on TikTok, experts are also sounding the alarm. Children are too often exposed to harmful content on social media, and that can be very dangerous. “Pay special attention to these signals,” says Gwendolyn Portzky, clinical psychologist and director of the Flemish Expertise Center for Suicide Prevention.

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