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Snapchat allows drug dealers to operate openly on platform, finds Danish study
Social media platform accused of failing to filter out obvious key usernames such as ‘coke’, ‘weed’ and ‘molly’
Researchers used profiles of 13-year-olds and found a multitude of people selling drugs on Snapchat under usernames featuring keywords such as “coke”, “weed” and “molly”. Digitalt Ansvar’s CEO, Ask Hesby Holm, said: “As a child or young person, you don’t need to search for these profiles yourself; you can have them recommended directly by Snapchat. We deploy proactive detection to identify and disable these accounts, support law enforcement to bring dealers to justice, and educate our community about the dangers of drugs.
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