Advocating for Change to Protect our Kids
‘Sammy’s Law’ would help parents monitor kids online. It’s gaining steam.
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....
Social media played a major role in our son’s fentanyl death. We need to make it safer.
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...
What Snapchat Owes Families for the Teen Fentanyl Crisis
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...
New laws are wise attempts to address kids’ social media addiction
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.
Law curbing addictive social media feeds signed by Newsom
On Sept. 20, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 976, otherwise known as the Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act.
Children Addicted to Tech
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.
Fox News | Snap Lawsuit
Sam Chapman, plaintiff in the Snap lawsuit, pushes for 'Sammy's Law' to protect children from danger online on 'America Reports.' The father of a young fentanyl victim who said a drug dealer connected with his son on Snapchat for a transaction that led to the youth's...
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