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Title: Snapchat Allows Drug Dealers To Operate Openly on Platform, Finds
Danish Study

Link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/09/11/1148...

Snapchat has been accused by a Danish research organisation of leaving an
"overwhelming number" of drug dealers to openly operate on Snapchat, making
it easy for children to buy substances including cocaine, opioids and MDMA.
The Guardian: The social media platform has said it proactively uses
technology to filter out profiles selling drugs. However, research by
Digitalt Ansvar (Digital Accountability), a Danish research organisation that
promotes responsible digital development, has found evidence of a failure to
moderate drug-related language in usernames. It also accused Snapchat of
failing to respond adequately to reports of profiles openly selling drugs.
Researchers used profiles of 13-year-olds and found a multitude of people
selling drugs on Snapchat under usernames featuring keywords such as "coke,"
"weed" and "molly." When researchers reported 40 of these profiles to
Snapchat, the company removed only 10 of them. The other 30 reports were
rejected, they said.

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