CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – A Cedar Rapids mother who lost her teenage daughter to suicide says social media played a major role in her child’s struggles. Now, she is joining a national legal effort aimed at holding major tech companies accountable.
For Katie Townsend, the fight is deeply personal.
Her daughter, Saniah, was creative and full of life. She loved music, skateboarding and playing guitar. But like many teens, she also spent hours on social media. Townsend says the content her daughter saw online slowly changed how she saw herself…