WASHINGTON—Amy Neville and Kristin Bride, once strangers, are mothers who bonded after their sons died on the same day, June 23, 2020, which is now commemorated annually as National Social Media Victims Remembrance Day. On Monday, the women marked the five-year anniversary of their sons’ deaths with a gathering on Capitol Hill and a clarion call to stave off other tragedies.
In what organizers called “the largest-ever public memorial for kids who have lost their lives to social media harms,” Neville and Bride gave remarks about their sons. They and others also urged Congress to act on a previously stalled law that aims to protect children from outcomes that their sons and so many other children have suffered.
