New Mexico Sues Snap Over Child Exploitation on Its Platform (1)

The state of New Mexico sued social media company Snap Inc. in state court on Thursday, accusing the platform of facilitating child sexual exploitation through its design features, the state Justice Department announced Thursday.

According to the lawsuit the company failed to protect children from sexual extortion and fostered the sharing of child exploitation materials through its algorithm.

“Snap has misled users into believing that photos and videos sent on their platform will disappear, but predators can permanently capture this content and they have created a virtual yearbook of child sexual images that are traded, sold, and stored indefinitely,” New ...