A demonstration was held outside Snapchat’s headquarters in Santa Monica on Thursday, as parents painted a memorial to kids they say were lost to social media harms.
KNX News’ Karen Adams reported that parents blocked the street and painted the names of 108 children. Many of those kids, the parents say, died from fentanyl poisoning after purchasing the drg through the app.
Sarah Gardner with Heat Initiative, which organized this massive demonstration, told said this is about “showing Snapchat for what it really is- a platform that is killing kids.”
“Any other product in America that killed 108 children,” she said. “Can you imagine it remaining on the market?
Amanda Faith was among the parents who attended the demonstration. She said she lost her son, Luca, to a fentanyl overdose and that he got the drug from a dealer through Snapchat.
“My son died in 2020 and nothing on the application has actually been changed to protect children,” she said. “Nothing but lip service.”
Faith and the other parents demanded changes to protect children, including “actual age verification.”
After the demonstration, the memorial was powerwashed.
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