MTA urges social media companies to remove subway surfer videos after teen’s death

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The MTA will implore social media companies to take down videos of subway surfers one day after a teen died riding atop a J train crossing the Williamsburg Bridge.

Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.The MTA will implore social media companies to take down videos of subway surfers, Chairman Janno Lieber said Tuesday, one day after a teen died riding atop a J train crossing the Williamsburg Bridge.

Nazario, of the Lower East Side, was on top of the train on Monday evening when his head struck a beam and he tumbled onto the tracks, according to the NYPD.In December, another 15-year-old subway surfer died after falling from a train as it crossed the Williamsburg Bridge andMTA stats show the trend is gaining popularity. In all of 2019, the MTA documented 490 incidents of people riding outside of trains. In 2022, there were 980 incidents.

“I think the national government must come in and say, ‘what is the corporate responsibility of social media?’” he said. “I'm just surprised this hasn't been done.”account of rapper Talib KweliThe MTA didn’t respond to questions about the response it received from the social media companies. A spokesperson for TikTok could not find any subway surfing videos live on the network. Emails to the other companies were not returned.

 

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Such an insane way to lose a young life.

Darwin at work

Second teen to die on the J/M/Z line in like 3 months between the same stops. Can’t wait for those new trains to roll out that are one endless open cart. Stupid kids man

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