{"id":20047,"date":"2025-09-11T10:37:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T08:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/11\/snapchat-allows-drug-dealers-to-operate-openly-on-platform-finds-danish-study\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T10:37:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T08:37:51","slug":"snapchat-allows-drug-dealers-to-operate-openly-on-platform-finds-danish-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/11\/snapchat-allows-drug-dealers-to-operate-openly-on-platform-finds-danish-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Snapchat allows drug dealers to operate openly on platform, finds Danish study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Social media platform accused of failing to filter out obvious usernames such as \u2018coke\u2019, \u2018weed\u2019 and \u2018molly\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Snapchat has been accused by a Danish research organisation of leaving an \u201coverwhelming number\u201d of drug dealers to openly operate on Snapchat, making it easy for children to buy substances including cocaine, opioids and MDMA.<\/p>\n<p>The social media platform has said it proactively uses technology to filter out profiles selling drugs. However, research by Digitalt Ansvar (Digital Accountability), a Danish research organisation that promotes responsible digital development, has found evidence of a failure to moderate drug-related language in usernames. It also accused Snapchat of failing to respond adequately to reports of profiles openly selling drugs.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/sep\/10\/snapchat-allowing-drug-dealers-to-operate-openly-on-platform-says-danish-research-body\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/50353a072869155fdfd1d4b1b9b57f3e0493f697\/816_0_4080_3264\/master\/4080.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=991504f0d2cff544464698f14dfafbcd\" title=\"Snapchat allows drug dealers to operate openly on platform, finds Danish study\" \/>Social media platform accused of failing to filter out obvious usernames such as \u2018coke\u2019, \u2018weed\u2019 and \u2018molly\u2019<br \/>\nSnapchat has been accused by a Danish research organisation of leaving an \u201coverwhelming number\u201d of drug dealers to openly operate on Snapchat, making it easy for children to buy substances including cocaine, opioids and MDMA.<br \/>\nThe social media platform has said it proactively uses technology to filter out profiles selling drugs. However, research by Digitalt Ansvar (Digital Accountability), a Danish research organisation that promotes responsible digital development, has found evidence of a failure to moderate drug-related language in usernames. It also accused Snapchat of failing to respond adequately to reports of profiles openly selling drugs. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social media platform accused of failing to filter out obvious usernames such as \u2018coke\u2019, \u2018weed\u2019 and \u2018molly\u2019 Snapchat has been accused by a Danish research organisation of leaving an \u201coverwhelming number\u201d of drug dealers to openly operate on Snapchat, making it easy for children to buy substances including cocaine, opioids and MDMA. The social media &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/11\/snapchat-allows-drug-dealers-to-operate-openly-on-platform-finds-danish-study\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Snapchat allows drug dealers to operate openly on platform, finds Danish study<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":20048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20047"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}