Social media platforms face pressure to stop online drug dealers who target kids

Photo caption: Critics say Snap, the maker of Snapchat, needs to do more to stop on-line drug dealers. The company told NPR it’s improving safety measures and working with law enforcement. Photo credit: Richard Drew / AP. Article by Brian Mann. NPR – January 26, 2023.

Three years ago Amy Neville went to her son Alex’s bedroom and found the 14-year-old lying dead on a bean bag chair. He had overdosed — Neville describes it as a “poisoning” — on fentanyl. “An amazing child who could do anything he set his mind to was gone,” Neville testified Wednesday before a House panel in Washington, D.C. According to Neville, her son began experimenting with illicit opioids and other drugs while using the social media site Snapchat. […]

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