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Lawsuit against Snapchat maker over Portland teen’s suicide could test platform protections Posted May 11, 2021 Facebook Share By Sam Dean | Los Angeles Times and Tribune News Service Portland is home to Lines for Life, a nonprofit devoted to suicide prevention throughout the Pacific Northwest. It operates a suicide prevention line that is answered 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. It can be reached at 800-273-8255 or by texting “273TALK” to 839863. One of the las...

Print One of the last things that Carson Bride did before taking his own life was look to his phone for help. The 16-year-old had been receiving anonymous messages for months, according to a federal lawsuit filed Monday in California, through a popular Snapchat app called Yolo. The messages included sexual comments and taunts over specific incidents, such as the time he’d fainted in biology class at his Portland, Ore., school. The messages had to be coming from people he knew, but the app’s...

Oregon's House Committee on Education is considering multiple bills that could impact students and families in the year ahead. This led to an emotional hearing on Tuesday. One of the biggest topics was bullying. House Bill 2631 would require districts to notify a family if their student was subjected to harassment, intimidation, bullying, or cyberbullying. Currently, districts are required to investigate bullying, but they don't have to notify...