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A historic new law would protect kids online and hold tech companies accountable
Kristin Bride lost her 16-year-old son, Carson, to suicide in 2020. She says shortly before he took his own life he was bullied on the social media site Snapchat. "Carson received over 100 harassing and sexually explicit texts from his high school …