San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan speaks during Silicon Valley Pride’s flag raising ceremony at San Jose City Hall in downtown San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
“These events are fueled by social media. They are increasingly spread, consumed, and attended primarily for the purpose of generating content to gain social media notoriety.”
— San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, in a letter this week asking TikTok, Snapchat, Meta and other social media companies to stop posting videos of chaotic car sideshows that have caused injuries and deaths in Bay Area cities.
Originally published at Bay Area News Group