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Snap sued by New Mexico AG over ‘sextortion’ of kids by predators
New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez has also sued Facebook operator Meta in a similar case alleging the platform enabled child sexual exploitation.
"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," Attorney General Raul Torrez said in a statement. New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez discusses the nexus of public safety, mental health and adverse child experiences during a news conference following a summit in Albuquerque, N.M., Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. The suit alleges that the design features of the social media app Snapchat create an environment where "predators can easily target children through sextortion schemes.
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