Snapchat parent company can be sued over speed filter's role in fatal crash, court rules
Snapchat’s speed filter was the subject of several cases in where individuals allegedly used Snapchat's speed filter to monitor their speed.
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Snapchat’s speed filter was the subject of several cases in where individuals allegedly used Snapchat's speed filter to monitor their speed.
ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT 9th Circ. Restores Snapchat 'Speed Filter' Death Suit Law360 (May 4, 2021, 4:46 PM EDT) -- The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday revived a suit alleging that Snapchat's "Speed Filter" influenced three boys to get into a fatal high-speed car wreck, saying that the Communications Decency Act does not shield the app's creator from claims about the design of the app itself. The panel reversed a dismissal order that found that Carly Lemmon, Michael Morby, and Samantha and Marlo Brown, the parents of two of the boys, could not sue Snap Inc. because of the CDA's provision grantin...