"They have over 100 lobbyists walking the halls here with us today and they're awash in money and it's really a Sisyphean challenge for a bunch of parents to fight against these big interests," says Rep.
Robin Kelly, D-Ill., who lost her 16-year-old son to a suicide-baiting pill laced with fentanyl.
That's why Kelly is pushing Sammy's Law, which would require third-party safety apps on any social media or gaming platform accessible to kids.
The bill was introduced by Rep.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., in the wake of the death of her 16-year-old son, Sammy, who was on Snapchat when a drug dealer reached out to him and ended up delivering a pill laced with fentanyl while Chapman and his wife were asleep.
"What happens with those safety apps is you get a warning on your phone or your computer if you're a parent if something bad happens online with your child, so suicide, drug sales, illegal firearm sales to minors, basically crimes to minors, suicide-baiting," Chapman tellsTND.
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce on Wednesday held a hearing on 10 bills designed to protect kids from
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