Mother of Dead Teen Urges Senate to Protect Children From Social Media Harms

A mother told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Feb. 14 that her teenage son still took his life after being bullied on social media despite good parenting and discussing the dangers of online social networking with him.
In June 2020, Kristin Bride from Oregon lost Carson, her 16-year-old son. She said Carson received his first phone, which had no apps when he was in 8th grade.
He joined social media when he was a high school freshman; the mother explained, “that was how all the students were making new connections.”
Only weeks after his death, she discovered that Carson’s high school classmates bullied him on Snapchat. They were hiding their identities by using apps such as Yolo and LMK….}