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Their kids died after buying drugs on Snapchat. Now the parents are suing (www.theguardian.com)
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Their kids died after buying drugs on Snapchat. Now the parents are suing::Suit claims app features like disappearing messages and geolocating users make kids easy targets for dealers

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait, so the parent knew about this issue for over eight months and did nothing to actually get their kid help?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Who said they didn't?

[–] dangblingus 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The fact that they still allowed their kid to have access to the drug dealing app/device that has the drug dealing app on it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Or they removed it and then the kid put it back. Yes, they might have been able to take the device away entirely but that's not really effective, and the strong parental controls are only available for kids up to 13 (at least on Android).