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

  • thecrotch
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    1 year ago

    The night he died, Alexander had told his parents that he had been taking Oxycontin he got online, and that he wanted help. Neville and her husband immediately called a rehab facility and made plans to take him there the following day, but didn’t think to take the pills away.

    Clearly Snapchats fault

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      “My baby keeps playing with the knife, instead of taking away the knife I’ll schedule some behaviour classes”

      The parents next day finding the baby stabbed itself: