Instagram is breaking its promise to remove posts that glorify self-harm and suicide. Simple keyword searches on the platform last week showed that many such images remain live.
Archives: Incidents
| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22/10/2024 | McDonald's | One person died and dozens fell ill from E. coli infections linked to Quarter Pounder hamburgers in 10 states. | U.S. Food & Drug Administration | Deaths, Injuries & Diseases | ||
| 01/10/2024 | Hellenic Train | Trains in multiple locations instructed to reduce speeds to as low as 10 km/hour due to poor infrastructure for as long distances as 27 km, causing major passenjer delays. Alleged announced standard train speed is 120 km/hour. | Η Εφημερίδα των Συντακτών | Consumer Deception | ||
| 09/09/2024 | Hellenic Train | Allegation of train starting to move, while passenger still had been hanging from the train door. | Η Εφημερίδα των Συντακτών | Consumer Risk and Hazard | ||
| 13/09/2024 | Hellenic Train | Incident allegation of traffic regulator accidentally sending two suburban trains moving on the same track in opposite directions. | Η Εφημερίδα των Συντακτών | Consumer Risk and Hazard, Occupational Hazard | ||
| 09/10/2024 | Hellenic Train | Alleged mistake by operators leads Suburban train to wrongfully switch to subway tracks. | Η Εφημερίδα των Συντακτών | Consumer Risk and Hazard, Occupational Hazard | ||
| 20/09/2022 | (Pinterest) (Meta) (Instagram) | Inquest into death of 14-year-old Molly Russell in November 2017 who killed herself after viewing harmful content online begins after multiple delays. | North west London, Byron Road, Harrow, UK | The Guardian, BBC | Deaths, Mental Health, Suicides | |
| 08/10/2022 | Instagram (Owned by Meta) |
| The Guardian | Addiction, Mental Health | ||
| 16/03/2024 | (Meta) (Instagram) (Facebook) | Lotte Rubæk, a leading psychologist advising Meta on suicide prevention and self-harm quits her role, accusing the tech giant of failure to remove images of self-harm from its platforms, following outcry that the company is using harmful content to keep vulnerable young people hooked to their screens, also“triggering” vulnerable young women and girls to further harm themselves and contributing to rising suicide figures. | The Guardian | Addiction, Consumer Deception, Mental Health | ||
| 12/03/2024 | Boeing | John Barnett, a former quality manager at Boeing who became a prominent whistleblower and raised concerns over the planemaker’s production line has been found dead from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. | South Carolina, USA | The Guardian | Deaths | |
| 16/04/2024 | Boeing | Whistleblower has urged Boeing to ground every 787 Dreamliner jet worldwide after warning they are at risk of premature failure, alleging that the manufacturing giant took shortcuts to reduce production bottlenecks while making it. He also raised issues about the production of the 777, another wide-body jet. | Washington D.C., DC, USA | The Guardian | Consumer Deception, Negligence |