Ian Russell

Chair, Molly Rose Foundation

Ian Russell, MBE, is Molly Russell’s father and the Chair of Molly Rose Foundation. Ian is one of the foremost tech accountability campaigners in the UK striving for an online world that is fundamentally safe for children and young people.

Having been a leading voice during the delivery of the Online Safety Act, Ian has called for the UK regulator, Ofcom, to show more ambition in its implementation of the legislation. He is campaigning for stronger and more effective online safety laws and has urged the UK Prime Minister to strengthen the Online Safety Act.

Ian passionately defends the right for children to engage with technology and is an advocate for media literacy education to be embedded into UK curriculum playing an important role in suicide prevention.