several private messages on facebook in the 30 minutes leading up to the massacre. one message referred to shooting his own grandmother. another about attacking an elementary school. julie: a short time later he entered the school through a back door and went into a fourth grade classroom, barricaded himself and opened fire. a border patrol agent from an elite unit rushed into the shooter killing the student. bill: we have heard from many anguished parents waiting for news of their missing children and many are now left to remember their loved ones who are no longer. she was very happy and very outgoing. loved to dance and sing and play sports. hundreds of friends. they were all frantic praying. they were saying anything they could to the policemen to let them get the kids. he is still in there, we can t do that. other kids staying he is in still in there. we re stronger together. julie: last night mourners gathered for a vigil to honor the victims, wanting to com
accountable for intentionally addicting children which a lot of them are doing. julie: the suspect in the uvalde shooting posted warnings on his instagram accounts. former classmates say he was active on instagram. snapshot said they suspended an account of his. could this have been prevented if social media faced consequences for users s actions? i think they should face financial consequences for using algorithms that addict kids and making money off of that and while knowing in a lot of cases we know that they knew for years that they were both addicting kids and causing depression, eating disorders, suicidal ideation. that s what my bill is trying to focus on is where the
and serves to addict kids to social media earlier than ever. the company seems to be ignores that. jim stire is here. thanks for coming on. have i mischaracter sized this app and who it s aimed at? no, you nailed it, this is about social media for the kindergarten set. it is basically getting hooked kids at younger and younger ages, 6, 7, 8, on social media platforms like facebook. it crazy. we don t need it. that s why the experts suggested that. tucker: we know that heavy social media use needs to depression, social maladjustment. the implication is that it can hurt people. so why would facebook want to do this? because it s in their own economic best interest. truthfully you re trying to hook people at younger and younger ages to the brand and the