Drug deals via apps: Social media, coded emoji, and cash apps

9 to 5 Mac

Center

High Factuality

Drug deals via apps: Social media, coded emoji, and cash apps

Police report seeing increasing evidence of drug deals via apps like Snapchat, Instagram, and TikTok – and say that this is one of the factors behind soaring drug fatalities though fentanyl-tainted pills. Emoji are used as code for different drugs, deals struck in private messages, and apps like Venmo and Cash App used for payment […]