After son’s suicide, Lincoln Park couple push measure for greater scrutiny of social media use

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After son’s suicide, Lincoln Park couple push measure for greater scrutiny of social media use

Rose and Rob Bronstein were blindsided by their 15-year-old son Nate’s suicide in early 2022. The Bronsteins say Nate was a funny, athletic and well-liked kid. What they didn’t know, they said, is that in the weeks leading up to his death, Nate was being harassed by other Latin School of Chicago students on the social media platform Snapchat. They believe a bill under consideration this spring by Illinois legislators could have saved his life. T…