The New Mexico attorney general said Tuesday that internal documents from Snapchat released as part of an ongoing lawsuit show how the platform failed to manage and notify users about sextortion on the platform.
The suit, which Attorney General Raúl Torrez originally filed in September, includes the text of some of Snap’s internal correspondence.
Snapchat and other social media platforms, like Instagram and TikTok, have been under intensified scrutiny from both the federal and state governments.
Leaders of Snap, TikTok, Meta, Discord and X all testified before Congress this year about child safety.
In a statement on its website Tuesday, Snap said it has built a platform with “safety guardrails” and “deliberate design choices” to protect minors.
Persons:
Raúl Torrez, sextortion, ” Torrez, Slack, ”, “
Organizations:
New, NBC, Meta
Locations:
New Mexico