death – Devstyler.io https://devstyler.io News for developers from tech to lifestyle Wed, 26 Jan 2022 14:44:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 Mother Is Suing Meta and Instagram for Her Daughter’s Death  https://devstyler.io/blog/2022/01/26/mother-is-suing-meta-and-instagram-for-her-daughter-s-death/ Wed, 26 Jan 2022 13:20:21 +0000 https://devstyler.io/?p=79664 ...]]> Snap and Meta are being sued by a mother whose child passed in July last year.

She claims that Snap’s Snapchat and Meta’s Instagram are being partly responsible for her daughter’s death – 11-year-old Selena Rodriguez.

The lawsuit, reported by Engadget, alleges that the reason for Selena’s suicide is because of “Selena’s addictive use of and exposure to defendants’ unreasonable dangerous and defective social media products.” 

It also claims that the platforms “have invested billions of dollars to intentionally design their products to be addictive and encourage use that they know to be problematic and highly detrimental to their users’ mental health.”

Although, Snap couldn’t comment on active litigation, in an emailed statement, a company’s  spokesperson said:

“We are devastated to hear of Selena’s passing and our hearts go out to her family”.

However, Meta didn’t comment on the situation immediately.

Tammy Rodriguez is requiring for a trial by a jury. She is also looking for a relief for the past physical and mental pain and suffering of Selena and the loss of enjoyment of life.

Also, an order is sought with the aim to “stop the harmful conduct alleged herein, remedy the unreasonably dangerous algorithms in their social media products” It is also demanding for providing warnings to minor users and their parents.

]]> Teens are going to be protected from drug deals on Snapchat https://devstyler.io/blog/2022/01/20/teens-are-going-to-be-protected-from-drug-deals-on-snapchat/ Thu, 20 Jan 2022 13:28:52 +0000 https://devstyler.io/?p=79341 ...]]> Snapchat announced its efforts to protect teenagers from drug deals in its application. One of the changes is the updates Quick Access option which is trying to reduce communication between kids and strangers. In a blog post, the company said:

“In order to be discoverable in Quick Add by someone else, users under 18 will need to have a certain number of friends in common with that person”

However, some other features and changes will be provided for parents in the next couple months. Those changes will give parents an opportunity to monitor some of their teens’ communications.

After the deaths of teens and young adults who were said to have bought fentanyl-laced drugs through Snapchat were examined, the application was forced to face a big backfire a couple of months ago.

Snapchat declared that it is working on identifying drug slang. Not only that but the company is now working with law enforcement in order to report potential cases. Snapchat stated that it will make big efforts in order to help with the fight against illegal online drug trade.

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