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

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/social-media-platforms-face-pressure-to-stop-online-drug-dealers-who-target-kids/
- Published: 2023-01-27T09:30:48-06:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

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. […] Click here to view original web page at www.npr.org Curated by Theresa Wysocki Director of Art & Design See Full Bio