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Rep. Raskin Urges Social Media Companies, WMATA to Address Dangerous "Subway Surfing" Social Media Trend Following Loss of Local Teen
September 08, 2023
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release:

Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) wrote letters to social media companies Meta and TikTok and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) about a dangerous social media trend, known as "subway surfing," which recently claimed the life of a young person in his district. "Subway surfers," who are often teenagers influenced by coaxing and sinister validation from a . . .

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