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House Roundtable Hears Testimony About Role of Social Media in Selling Deadly Drugs

'It's a Snap specific problem,' lawyer says

House Roundtable Hears Testimony About Role of Social Media in Selling Deadly Drugs
The Snapchat logo is displayed on a cellphone screen in San Anselmo, Calif., on Feb. 3, 2022. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Madalina Kilroy
Madalina Kilroy
1/27/2023|Updated: 1/27/2023
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Social media, Snapchat in particular, may be making it easier for young people to purchase lethal pills, a congressional roundtable was told on Jan. 25.

Snapchat is known for an app that automatically deletes messages after the receiver reads them, making it possible for drug dealers to take advantage of that feature, witnesses said during the hearing.

Madalina Kilroy
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Madalina Kilroy is a photojournalist for The Epoch Times, based in Washington, DC. She covers the White House and Capitol Hill. She has traveled extensively to cover the 2024 election.
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