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Mother of Jools Sweeney, 14, who took his own life is fighting social media companies for his search history

Jools Sweeney was found dead in April 2022. A coroner was unable to rule his death a suicide as they were unable to prove he was in a "suicidal mood", his mother Ellen Roome tells Sky News.

A bereaved mother who has "absolutely no idea" why her son took his own life aged 14 is fighting social media companies to hand over his search history. Having read about other teenagers taking their lives after viewing harmful content online, Ms Roome asked various social media companies for her son's browsing history to shed light on why he died. 0:55'I have no idea why he isn't here'She tells Sky News: "It's very ambitious but I need 85,000 signatures to hit my target which might give me access to Jools's information to find out why he died."

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