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Social Media Victims Rememberance Day

Social Media Victims Remembrance Day is held annually on June 23, the date in 2020 when both Carson Bride (16) and Alexander Neville (14) were killed by separate harms on Snapchat.  The day was co-founded by their mothers, Kristin Bride and Amy Neville, who together transformed unimaginable grief into a national movement demanding accountability from the social media industry. Congress continues to recognize the day as a National Day of Remembrance, and it is the largest memorial for children who died by social media harms.  This year the morning rain, turned to beautiful blue skies and pleasant temperatures just as the program began.  Traveling across the country, nearly 50 bereaved families joined lawmakers, youth advocates and child safety experts in Upper Senate Park in Washington, D.C.  The memorial featured placards bearing the photograph and "forever age" of 272 children killed by online dangers including, sextortion, fentanyl poisoning, cyberbullying, algorithm-driven suicide ideation and deadly social media challenges.  It is a day of remembrance for all the children we know died from social media's dangerous products and for all those we don't know but hold in our hearts.  The memorial also serves as a call to action for Congress to pass the strongest federal legislation which includes a "duty of care" and does not have a pre-emption policy for state AI or social media laws.

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SMVRD Founders

Tom and Kristin Bride of The Carson J. Bride Effect and Amy and Aaron Neville of The Alexander Nevile Foundation are two families who have come together to make the anniversary of losing their sons a meaningful day of remembrance for all parent survivors of social media harms.

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Speakers

As Social Media Victims Remembrance Day follows Father's Day, Kristin and Amy decided it would be powerful for Dad's (Tom Bride and Aaron Neville) to speak about losing their sons, Carson and Alexander.  Youth speakers were also an important part of the memorial: Eli Myers and Harrison Haynes brought the audience to tears with their speeches about losing a close friend to fentanyl poisoning and grappling with suicidal ideation.  They are truly the voices of our children who no longer have a voice.

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Elected Officials

United States Senators Amy Klobuchar, Josh Hawley and Richard Blumenthal who have long stood up to Big Tech and pushed for the strongest legislation to hold social media companies accountable spoke at the memorial. 

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Nightime

The evening ended with a thought provoking sit-down dinner and a return to Upper Senate Park to place candles in front of every memorial placard while a choir sang and the skies grew dark. 

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California Social Media Victims Remembrance Day

Social Media Victims Remembrance Day expands to the States!  On June 23, 2026, Assemblymembers Rebecca Bauer-Kanan and Diane Dixon helped pass a resolution proclaiming Social Media Victims Remembrance Day in the State of California.  Speakers at the event included Jack Bride, Carson's only sibling and Alexander Neville's grandfather.  This is the first state in the nation to officially recognize June 23rd as Social Media Victims Remembrance Day.  The Carson J. Bride Effect and the Alexander Neville Foundation look forward to expanding this special day to many other states in future years.

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In the news

June 28, 2026

More than 270 children and young people who died because of online harms were honored in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday for Social Media Victims Remembrance Day.

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June 28, 2026

Amy Neville describes Kristin Bride as her “soulmate.” But the day that forged their bond — June 23, 2020 — was the worst of each of their lives. Both Bride and Neville lost their teen sons that day.

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June 25, 2026

Placards for hundreds of children and young adults who lost their lives to social media-related harms line the Upper Senate Park lawn outside of the U.S. Capitol on June 23, 2026. The display was part of a larger event held in honor of Social Media Victims Remembrance Day.

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June 25, 2026

In less than 24 hours, Julianna Arnold had traveled across the country, testified at a California Assembly hearing and was a lead speaker at a press conference calling for a federal law to change how social media companies are regulated.

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June 24, 2026

Kristin Bride joined dozens of parents at a memorial near the U.S. Capitol honoring children lost to what advocates call social media harms. These harms include cyberbullying, sextortion and drug poisoning.

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June 24, 2026

Placards featuring 272 names, each with a photo and the age of a child or young adult who lost their life due to what their families call social media-related causes, lined the lawn of the U.S. Capitol’s Upper Senate Park Tuesday evening. 

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