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Parents and Senators Press Tech Firms, Seek Reforms After Teens’ Fentanyl Deaths
Summary
Parents who lost sons to fentanyl told the Senate Judiciary Committee social media platforms facilitate illicit pill sales; senators and witnesses urged reforms including the Kids Online Safety Act and legislation to allow families to sue platforms.
Parents who lost children to fentanyl-laced pills told the Senate Judiciary Committee that social media platforms have become a principal avenue for dealers to reach teens, and they urged Congress to remove legal protections that they say shield companies from liability.
Bridget Noring, founder of the Devin J. Noring Foundation, told senators her 19-year-old son died after buying a counterfeit pill over Snapchat. "If someone opened a brick and mortar store and sold these drugs to our children out of that store, we would be held…
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