Snapchat is being sued for exposing minors to what’s been called
“harmful, offensive, prurient, and sexually offensive” content without
warning in Discover, the section of its app where publishers like
BuzzFeed and Vice share stories exclusively designed for the service.
Celebrity attorney Mark Geragos filed a class-action lawsuit against the social media app on behalf of a 14-year-old boy from Los Angeles, whom the lawsuit refers to as John Doe, claiming that publishers are sharing content that parents would likely prohibit if they knew their children were being given unrestricted access.
The complaint highlights stories like Buzzfeed’s “23 Pictures That Are Too Real If You’ve Ever had Sex With A Penis,” (illustrated with scenes from Disney animated movies) and Vice’s “Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Penis Tattoos.”
“Innocent pictures from John’s favorite Disney movies were perverted into obscene sexual images and text,” the complaint states.
Mixed with that type of content, it says, are messages from Snapchat which say things like, “If They Don’t Snap You On A Daily Basis It Isn’t Real.”
And those are some of the more tame examples given in the lawsuit.
Celebrity attorney Mark Geragos filed a class-action lawsuit against the social media app on behalf of a 14-year-old boy from Los Angeles, whom the lawsuit refers to as John Doe, claiming that publishers are sharing content that parents would likely prohibit if they knew their children were being given unrestricted access.
The complaint highlights stories like Buzzfeed’s “23 Pictures That Are Too Real If You’ve Ever had Sex With A Penis,” (illustrated with scenes from Disney animated movies) and Vice’s “Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Penis Tattoos.”
“Innocent pictures from John’s favorite Disney movies were perverted into obscene sexual images and text,” the complaint states.
Mixed with that type of content, it says, are messages from Snapchat which say things like, “If They Don’t Snap You On A Daily Basis It Isn’t Real.”
And those are some of the more tame examples given in the lawsuit.
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