Young people use social media to buy and sell drugs, posing long-term risks from digital trace data.
Young people are increasingly using social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and Messenger to buy and sell drugs, particularly small-scale recreational drugs like cannabis and MDMA. This trend poses risks for users in the future, as drug-linked "digital trace data" could be used against them by recruiters, insurance companies, and others for decades. Social media companies like Meta are significant harvesters of user data.
May 22, 2024
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