Federal Appeals Court: Section 230 Doesn't Protect Snapchat

Federal Appeals Court: Section 230 Doesn’t Protect Snapchat from Lawsuit Alleging Its ‘Speed Filter’ Caused Fatal Car Crash
Jerry Lambe
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screenshot of driver going 90 mph as shown through snapchat speed filter.
A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act does not immunize Snapchat from a lawsuit claiming that its “Speed Filter” contributed to the deaths of two boys who died in a car crash while using the app to record themselves going 123 mph.
The lawsuit was filed by the boys’ surviving parents and alleged that the filter—which essentially functions as a speedometer by capturing a user’s speed within the social media app—was negligently designed and encouraged their children to drive at dangerous speeds.

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