We can't child-proof everything. There are endless pits adults can get themselves into. If we really think that people with mental issues can't make sane choices, we need to lock them up. You can't have both at the same time: they are fully functioning adults, and we need to pad the world so they don't hurt themselves. The people around him failed, but they want to blame a big corporation because he used their fantasy tool.

And I see he was 16. Why were his parents letting him operate so unsupervised given his state of mind? They failed to be involved enough in his life.

> And I see he was 16. Why were his parents letting him operate so unsupervised given his state of mind?

Normally 16-year-olds are a good few steps into the path towards adulthood. At 16 I was cycling to my part time job alone, visiting friends alone, doing my own laundry, and generally working towards being able to stand on my own two feet in the world, with my parents as a safety net rather than hand-holding.

I think most parents of 16-year-olds aren't going through their teen's phone, reading their chats.

It takes a village to raise a kid, so don't shift the blame to the parents. They usually have little say in the lives of their 16 year olds. and the more they try to control, the less they will.

This is why we can't have nice things. It only takes a dead kid and a lawsuit for them to start over-regulating everything. Parents are trying hard to project the blame into anybody else but themselves.