245 Child Deaths Mourned, Social Media Reform Urged
Organizers touted the ‘largest-ever public memorial’ for youth deaths arising from social media harms, and urged Congress to enact preventive measures.
Janice Hisle
Reporter
6/24/2025|Updated: 6/24/2025
WASHINGTON—Amy Neville and Kristin Bride, once strangers, are mothers who bonded after their sons died on the same day, June 23, 2020, which is now commemorated annually as National Social Media Victims Remembrance Day. On Monday, the women marked the five-year anniversary of their sons’ deaths with a gathering on Capitol Hill and a clarion call to stave off other tragedies.
In what organizers called “the largest-ever public memorial for kids who have lost their lives to social media harms,” Neville and Bride gave remarks about their sons. They and others also urged Congress to act on a previously stalled law that aims to protect children from outcomes that their sons and so many other children have suffered.
Neville’s son, Alexander Neville, died from fentanyl poisoning at age 14 at the family’s California home. He had used Snapchat to buy a drug that, unbeknownst to him, contained fentanyl. Bride’s son, Carson Bride, took his own life at age 16 in Oregon after being bullied online.
The two boys were among 245 victims whose names, ages, and pictures were displayed on placards at Upper Senate Park, each with a candle beneath. Bereaved parents, child-safety advocates, and lawmakers baked in near-100-degree heat as they paid tributes to lives lost and renewed their commitment to the Kids Online Safety Act, which previously stalled in Congress.
Referencing the many rows of victims memorialized on the placards, Bride said, “Let’s remember, this represents just the tip of the iceberg, just those parents who have decided to go public with their stories so that no other family must endure a similar tragedy.” Several attendees wept before and during the program as they reflected on the lives of their deceased children.
Neville told the crowd what her family’s life has been like since her son died in 2020. “It’s been five years of grief, five years of unimaginable pain, five years of watching the world move on while we remain frozen in a moment that changed our lives forever,” Neville told the crowd, lamenting that “no meaningful change” has been achieved in policing the online community despite a mounting outcry.
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