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I feel that Social Media is detrimental to children but I don't know how anyone can say a particular app is to blame. There are so many influences the children digest in their daily activities. They key is that parents need to prepare children before they are encountered.

Although I certainly don't approve of using any form of social media to lure children into dangerous situation's online there isn't a complete control over private individuals Who may sink to that level. Yes, the risk is real and there are warnings but the media systems can't always control what members of the public do that have access. Certainly parents do need to monitor and educate their children to these risks just as they also would have to do with person to person contact even in day to day life which is also a risk that has always been there. Somehow I don't see that harassing the inventors, employees or executives of the media source or invented products is in any way a valid tactic and trying to force apologies upon them for the acts of other sick individuals.

Parenting plays a large role here and should be part of any legislation that may be added to this effort. However, there also needs to be controls imposed on kids as well. These sites need to clean up how content is fed to kids and take action when issues are identified.