Posted on Aug 4, 2024
A historic new law would protect kids online and hold tech companies accountable
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Kristin Bride lost her 16-year-old son, Carson, to suicide in 2020. She says shortly before he took his own life he was bullied on the social media site Snapchat.
"Carson received over 100 harassing and sexually explicit texts from his high school classmates through an anonymous messaging app on Snapchat," Bride says. "The last search on his phone before he ended his life was for hacks to find out who was doing this to him." COL Randall C. LTC Kevin B. LTC Eugene Chu Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Maj Kim Patterson Maj (Join to see) CPT Gurinder (Gene) Rana Capt Gregory Prickett MSgt Steve Sweeney MSG Stan Hutchison MSgt Michael Bischoff SSgt Richard Kensinger SFC Jo Ann Klawitter SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL 1SG (Join to see) SGT Charlie Lee SP5 Dennis Loberger CPL LaForest Gray SrA John Monette
"Carson received over 100 harassing and sexually explicit texts from his high school classmates through an anonymous messaging app on Snapchat," Bride says. "The last search on his phone before he ended his life was for hacks to find out who was doing this to him." COL Randall C. LTC Kevin B. LTC Eugene Chu Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Maj Kim Patterson Maj (Join to see) CPT Gurinder (Gene) Rana Capt Gregory Prickett MSgt Steve Sweeney MSG Stan Hutchison MSgt Michael Bischoff SSgt Richard Kensinger SFC Jo Ann Klawitter SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL 1SG (Join to see) SGT Charlie Lee SP5 Dennis Loberger CPL LaForest Gray SrA John Monette
A historic new law would protect kids online and hold tech companies accountable
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This is the conundrum we face living in a free society. We must protect both freedom of speech and free enterprise, while also protecting the public against abuse and threats. This applies to physical protection but also in today's cyber world.
There is a very thin line there.
There is a very thin line there.
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I lost my baby sister to suicide, not long ago. She was highly educated and knew better and I still don’t know why she did it
I think she turned to alcohol to help her with her demons
This is my beautiful sister with her 2 kids
I think she turned to alcohol to help her with her demons
This is my beautiful sister with her 2 kids
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SP5 Dennis Loberger
Having gone through losing a younger brother a little over 3 years ago, I understand the pain.
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