The legislative push follows efforts to talk directly with Snapchat. “So the public awareness has reached a certain point where we’re finally seeing legislative action again at all levels of government.” “We’re seeing more and more cases where children have been severely harmed, but also potentially millions of cases with some level of harm among children,” he said. Marc Berkman, CEO of the Organization for Social Media Safety, a group that helped develop the CHATS Act and Sammy’s Law, said that he’s hopeful about the new interest among lawmakers in legislation pertaining to social media crime and protecting children. His father, Samuel, and mother, Laura Berman, eventually went on to develop and advocate for Sammy’s Law with the Organization for Social Media Safety.
Since then, Sammy’s parents have been among the loudest voices calling for social media companies to make changes. The bill from Wasserman Schultz is named after Sammy Chapman, who died in 2021 at the age of 16 from fentanyl-laced drugs purchased from a drug dealer on Snapchat. But those efforts have also been countered by some concerns from privacy advocates who worry that legislation could lead to overly intrusive surveillance. The draft legislation comes after years of activism from a community of parents whose children have died from fentanyl overdoses that followed drug deals facilitated on social media platforms like Snapchat, where drug dealers have found private venues to target young people. In a statement provided to NBC News, Wasserman Schultz said she is working with Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and expects to announce a GOP co-sponsor for Sammy’s Law soon. The bill would require large social media companies to allow parents to track their kids online via third-party software. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., and could be ready to be introduced in the House in a matter of weeks, said two people close to the effort who spoke on the condition of anonymity to freely discuss private conversations.
The newest of the three, called Sammy’s Law or the Let Parents Choose Protection Act, is being drafted by Rep.
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