Snapchat Allows Drug Dealers To Operate Openly on Platform, Finds Danish Study (theguardian.com)
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- News link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/09/11/1148246/snapchat-allows-drug-dealers-to-operate-openly-on-platform-finds-danish-study
- Source link: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/10/snapchat-allowing-drug-dealers-to-operate-openly-on-platform-says-danish-research-body
> 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.
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> 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.
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/10/snapchat-allowing-drug-dealers-to-operate-openly-on-platform-says-danish-research-body
Keywords (Score:1)
All three of the mentioned keywords have other meanings. I'm not at all surprised only a few were actually removed.
Oh no (Score:2)
And how exactly are they doing that? Like, exactly.
Molly?? (Score:2)
They're asked to censor usernames with the name "Molly" in them?
People named Molly ought to be a bit concerned here.
Re: (Score:2)
So does the Coca Cola company and gardeners.
Re: (Score:2)
Yeah I don't think banning people with certain usernames is going to work.
I think what we need for this is something like Miami Vice, except it's a private security organization operated by Big Tech. It's an all-star team of private investigators and ex-special forces that act as judge, jury, and executioner in the mean streets of the internet-enabled drug wars of the 21st century.
Not sure how it will blend with Denmark's "fix rooms" which is a government-funded safe space for people to go use drugs,
I feel the need for a new digital ID (Score:3)
I may have to abandon my current nom de plume and reincarnate myself as Molly Cokeweed. Or maybe I should swing for the upper class stratosphere and instead become Molly Coke-Weed, Esq.
So that's why they removed my post (Score:2)
It was about my excitement for the new cane-sugar Coca-cola, cleaning up my garden, and protective covers for power switches.
Shocked (Score:3)
I'm shocked! Shocked, to learn there is drug dealing going on on social media platforms. Round up the usual suspects!
In case you need anything (Score:2)
my Snapchat username is Druggy McDrugface.
Re: (Score:2)
Make sure you guys message the real Druggy McDrugface and not Druggy McDrugfacee (two eyes) or Drugggy McDrugface (three gs). Those guys can't be trusted unlike our fine upstanding citizen Druggy McDrugface here.