After son’s suicide, Lincoln Park couple push measure for greater scrutiny of social media use

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Parents of a teenager who committed suicide join push for law that would prohibit social media platforms from blocking outside safety software.

Rose and Robert Bronstein at home in Chicago with a photo of their son Nate on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. They are tackling the issue of cyberbullying after Nate’s death. The Bronsteins say Nate was a funny, athletic and well-liked kid. What they didn’t know, they said, is that in the weeks leading up to his death, Nate was being harassed by other Latin School of Chicago students on the social media platform Snapchat.

“I did not monitor anything,” she said. “He liked looking at sports statistics and followed all the fantasy football leagues and stuff, so he was always like looking at sports things, but intuitively he was such a good kid, like I didn’t worry. But it’s just the fact that he got caught up in this and he was being attacked so harshly.

Rose Bronstein, holds a photo of her son, Nate, who committed suicide after being bullied on social media app Snapchat, at their Lincoln Park home on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. Among those opposing the bill are progressive social groups who express concerns that expanded use of third-party safety software could expose LGBTQ+ children or children seeking reproductive health care living in unsupportive households. On April 4, a coalition made up of Equality Illinois, Planned Parenthood Illinois Action, Advocates of Planned Parenthood of the St.

The dangers listed in the bill include everything from suicide, substance abuse and harassment to anxiety, depression, academic dishonesty and sharing one’s home address or phone number. Third-party safety software often uses contextual artificial intelligence to decide what content to flag, Gong-Gershowitz said.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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