Lawsuit From New Mexico AG Alleges Snapchat Facilitates Child Sexual Exploitation

New Mexico’s Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed a lawsuit against Snap Inc., the parent company of social media platform Snapchat, on Sept. 5, accusing the site of fostering and promoting the sharing of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and facilitating child sexual exploitation. The lawsuit was filed in state court in Santa Fe and describes how Snapchat’s policies, content, and recommendation algorithms allegedly help enable the sharing of illicit sexual material involving children, child trafficking, drugs, and guns. In a statement to multiple media, Snap said it shares Torrez’s and the public’s concerns about child safety online....