‘All We Want Is Revenge’: How Social Media Fuels Gun Violence Among Teens
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Teens share photos or videos of themselves with guns and stacks of cash, sometimes calling out rivals, on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, or TikTok. When posts go viral, fueled by “likes” and comments, the danger is hard to contain.
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