He sorry from mark zuckerbergfounder and executive director of Meta, is not enough for all the families who have lost their children, as they denounce, due to the social networks: they are cases of abuse, depression, addiction or suicide.

One of them is Mason Bogard, an American boy who He died at the age of 15 after participating in the viral challenge of the ‘choking game‘. Highly dangerous, it consists of strangling yourself or another person until you lose consciousness.

In a demonstration, after the statements of the leaders of the main social networks in the United States Senate, his mother expressed that They refuse to allow these platforms to continue taking advantage of their children through challenges, sexual exploitation or many other dangers that are easily found on the networks.

Annalee Amelia was only 18 years old when she decided to take her life in 2020. She suffered from anxiety and depression and A live suicide appeared in his TikTok recommendations. Also suffering from depression and extreme addiction, according to experts, Selena Rodríguez committed suicide when she was only 11 years old. She had suffered strong harassment from friends and colleagues to send intimate photos, which were later leaked at school. Her mother has filed a complaint against Meta accusing the company of her daughter’s suicide.

“How many more of my friends will have to be harmed?abused, extorted or forced to take their own lives until these companies decide to act?” asks Zamaan Qureshi, co-president of ‘Design It For Us’, a youth-led initiative that advocates for safer social networks.

Yours are just some of the stories of family members who have been present at the US Senate Judiciary Committee and that they ask for platforms to be legislated to avoid the presence of sexual predators and prevent addictive behavior, harassment, eating disorders and even cases of suicide.

During the hours that the statements have lasted, the parents have silently held photographs of their deceased children. Afterwards, they demonstrated outside along with some senators and activists.