Families who have lost their children after they took pills containing fentanyl are accusing Snapchat of turning a blind eye to drug dealers using their platform. NBC’s Kate Snow has more on the growing lawsuit and why one survivor is saying the social media app is an “Amazon for drug dealers.”
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Maybe the mom should have not enabled the son to do drugs and have social media 🤷🏽♂️
Stupid parents who want to blame anyone but themselves. It's like how parents tried to blame video games and rap/rock music.
Snapchat has been banning drug dealers since 2019 off their app its not social media thats the problem if a deal is being mad and/or the ways the dealers are advertising it is via messages now they follow randoms and pick and choose who they think are potential buyers thats where the problem starts start educating your kids on only keeping people they personally know on social media
Bruh mothers shows their nudes 😂 lol 🎉 on Snapchat
Don’t give your children access to drug dealers, that’s like leaving your kid in the hood and thinking oh they’ll be fine!
I think it is more than time to say the war on drugs is over and drugs won. Year after year we pour money into the fight only for things to get worse, year after year. Fighting drugs brings in so much revenue why would they want drugs off the streets. Time to make drugs legal. When you notice multiple news outlets covering drug problems chances are the DEA wants more money and soon as they get it the coverage stops until the next time. This is where 50 years of the war on drugs got us.
Parents blame on Snapchat instead of themselves letting their kids to use these social media with no monitoring whatsoever… At least tell your kids don't trust anyone off Snapchat!
This is dangerous to me too and not just my kid. This is dangerous to everyone.
You are absolutely right!!! Snapchat is very dangerous! Telegram too is very dangerous!
I don't know any drug dealers, nor do I have Snapchat.
Blame George Bush , No blame Donald Trump. No no lets blame Donald duck
Parents are the biggest enabler of drug dealers for teens.
Where did these kids get the money?
The parents are at fault. They did not protect their own kids from the media outlets or the devices. Not the Snapchat app creators. Grow up watch yo kidz
Instagram is actually worse since they protect freedom of speech for photos of illegal drugs and accounts that describe how products are for sale.
Is this not a case of parents neglecting their children? At least to some degree?
did he really not know fentanyl i am often skeptical of this
Ban cell phones too. Since drug dealers use them to sell drugs
Ban Snapchat and Tik Tok of the world.
Shouldn't we blame parents for giving their children unsupervised permission to wander the darkest corners of the internet?
Don't forget that you as a mom u have to do better. Don't blame an app for your mistake your kid was in two pills
Sue the internet. Why stop there just sue the power company
Parents also need to learn why their child feels the need/curiosity to try these elicit drugs. They will find their drugs one way or another. let's get to the root cause of, why?
That’s not even how Snapchat works
These drug dealers are EVIL Mann! The government needs to bring back Capital punishment for drug dealers and Cartels!
I remember when the internet got started, and in most ways I wish it never had. These Ages of Over- and MisInformation are worse than I imagined.
Instagram, too, all of the time on HERE. Google ignores it and they're all over the place, just like all of the other TOS they act like they care about. Shameful.
My 14 year old has to put his cellphone on the charger when he goes to bed. The charger is in my room because I'm the parent.
" ignored the harm its product was causing users." This lawsuit I can't imagine will go anywhere because this argument would quickly be used on gun makers if this lawsuit were to win. I thought you needed to be 18 to have social media ?🤔
no there gone because your a lousy parent/s
Just say no
Parents cry me a river. Your darling offspring chose to use a platform for their own benefit. They chose their own destiny. If they are dumb enough to do such things then let them suffer the consequences. Warnings have been issued for how long. Victim blaming yes, sorry if you don't like or agree. It is my personal feelings and thoughts on the matter.
After hearing that whiney entitled mom, I say, "Go, drug dealers!!!" Maybe if she had talked with her kid instead of blaming snapchat, her kid might be alive
Let's just blame it all on social media and forget about the lack of parenting 🤦🏾♂️