VANCOUVER — Chelsey Whittingham remembers her daughter as a loving, driven, funny 13-year-old, who enjoyed gymnastics and brought joy and light to the people around her.
But she said Maddy Croswell’s life was cut short by a social media platform that repeatedly pushed harmful content onto her feed, without her parents being any the wiser.
Now the grieving mother from British Columbia has issued an emotional call for change, including a push for the regulation of self-harm and suicide-promoting content targeting minors, and independent oversight of social media platforms.
“We believed we were doing everything we could to protect our child. We had parental controls on her phone.
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