by janetslinkard@gmail.com | Aug 26, 2025 | Press
Sam Chapman, left, and Jaime Puerta hold pictures of their sons Sammy Chapman and Daniel Puerta-Johnson, who died of fentanyl poisoning from pills purchased on Snapchat. The parents attended a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on online child safety on Jan. 31, 2024....
by janetslinkard@gmail.com | Jan 18, 2025 | Press
TikTok via Getty Images By Laura Berman and Samuel P. Chapman Special to The Sacramento Bee January 18, 2025 6:00 AM In February of 2021, our lives were shattered when our beloved 16-year-old son, Sammy, died from fentanyl poisoning. Like so many teenagers, Sammy was...
by janetslinkard@gmail.com | Dec 21, 2024 | Press
Businessweek FENTANYL ALMOST KILLED MICHAEL BREWER. NOW HE WANTS SNAP TO PAY A lawsuit arguing that Snapchat helped dealers sell children deadly counterfeit drugs could change the internet as we know it. By Olivia Carville Photographs by Dustin Miller for Bloomberg...
by janetslinkard@gmail.com | Oct 9, 2024 | Press
By SAMUEL CHAPMAN PUBLISHED: October 6, 2024 at 10:15 a.m. By SAMUEL CHAPMAN PUBLISHED: October 6, 2024 at 10:15 a.m. At last, California families who have lost a child or had one hurt by social media will see some changes in the dangerous landscape of online harm....
by janetslinkard@gmail.com | Oct 5, 2024 | Press
by Thomas Leffler October 1, 2024 On Sept. 20, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 976, otherwise known as the Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act. Brought forth by State Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley), the bill prohibits online platforms from...
by janetslinkard@gmail.com | Oct 1, 2024 | Press
Children are addicted to technology created in California. Let’s clean up our mess September 30, 2024 by Samuel Chapman Samuel Chapman is the CEO of Parent Collective Inc, which advocates for social media safety for children and fentanyl crisis education and...
