Grieving Parents March to Meta NY Headquarters, Demanding Change

April 24, 2025, 10:05 PM UTC

They spoke about the deaths of their children — some as young as 11 — to cyberbullying, pills laced with fentanyl, sextortion scams and suicide-glorifying content.

“Meta profits; kids pay the price.” That’s the message the more than three dozen bereaved parents delivered to Meta’s doorstep in New York City Thursday morning.

The parents, many of whom have filed lawsuits against Meta and other social media platforms alleging the wrongful deaths of their children, had flown in from across the US and as far as the UK to hold a vigil outside the company’s East Village headquarters. One of the ...

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