Snapchat sued for encouraging reckless driving that claimed lives of three Three youngsters lost their lives in a fatal car crash in 2017 due to a Snapchat filter that allegedly encouraged users to drive recklessly. Ankita Chakravarti | May 7, 2021 | Updated 12:43 IST Highlights The parents of the deceased boy had filed a case against Snapchat for being the cause of his and his other two friends death. The boys died while using a speed filter in Snapchat that documents real-life speed. The parents of the boys who died in the accident had alleged that Snapchat encouraged their sons to drive at dangerous speeds