Snap Puts Yolo, LMK on Hold After Teen Bullying Class Suit Filed

May 11, 2021, 9:35 PM UTC

Messaging app Snap Inc. said Tuesday it’s putting on hold projects with Yolo Technologies Inc. and LightSpace Inc. in light of a wrongful death and class suit filed in a federal court in California that says the companies fail to enforce their own policies against cyberbullying and the apps should be shut down.

The complaint was filed Monday by an anti-bullying foundation and the estate of a bullied 16-year-old who committed suicide. It comes a week after a federal appeals court allowed another California suit to proceed involving Snap—that one over the crash deaths of two teens who were ...

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