Rise of illegal drug sales on social media
THE RISE OF ILLEGAL DRUG SALES ON SNAPCHAT AND INSTAGRAM: 'AS EASY AS UBER EATS'
By Carly Williams on ABC PM
Drug dealers are moving away from using the dark web and anonymous cryptocurrencies and onto social media apps in droves, targeting teens with slick marketing campaigns.
A group of parents in the United States, who've lost children to an overdose after they ordered drugs on Snapchat, are demanding the tech giants do more to curb the sale of illicit drugs on their apps.
Here's what the Australian arm of Snapchat is doing and how the AFP polices the problem that's devastating families overseas.
Featured:
Amy Neville, mother and founder of the Alexander Neville Foundation, California
Dr Monica Barratt, expert on drugs in digital society, RMIT University
Professor Richard Buckland, Professor in CyberCrime Cyberwar and Cyberterror at the School of Computer Science and Engineering, UNSW
Detective Superintendent Russel Smith, Australian Federal Police
