New Mexico sues Snap over its alleged failure to protect kids from sextortion schemes

New Mexico’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit against Snap, accusing the company of failing to protect children from sextortion, sexual exploitation and other harms on Snapchat. The suit contends that Snapchat’s features “foster the sharing of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and facilitate child sexual exploitation.”

The state’s Department of Justice carried out a months-long investigation into Snapchat and discovered a “vast network of dark web sites dedicated to sharing stolen, non-consensual sexual images from Snap.” It claims to have found more than 10,000 records related to Snap and

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