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Snapchat is harming children at an industrial scale?
In their own words, we see that Snap Inc’s design choices expose millions of kids to harm
What on earth happened in the early 2010s such that there is now an internationalyouth mental health crisis, increasing evidence of attentional fragmentation and declining functional intelligence, and countless cases of severe harm—from fentanyl-laced drugs bought on Snapchat to suicide after sextortion that began on their platform. PARA 105: In one internal exchange, Evan Spiegel rejected a suggestion that Snap retain images it categorized as abuse, which would enhance the platform's credibility in administering its rules, shifting the burden to young users to capture and report the content. PARA 134: A December 2022 draft Snap Marketing Brief titled “ Sexting and Sextortion, ” recognized that adults were targeting minors for “ deeply pernicious and dangerous ” conduct on the platform but did not want to “ strik[e] fear ” among its young users:
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