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July 21st, 2016
by aaylward
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Snapchat is violating California law and the Communications Decency Act by failing to warn minors and their parents about sexually explicit content, according to a class action lawsuit filed recently. The suit targets a feature introduced last year, Snapchat Discover, which allows users to share articles and images from media partners. Most of the articles and images are pretty innocuous, but some such as “People share their secret sex rules” and “Has an alien ever gotten you pregnant?” also appear. Snapchat’s Terms of Service do not warn against potentially offensive content nor do they notify parents of filtering options.

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