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Federal Appeals Court: Section 230 Doesn’t Protect Snapchat from Lawsuit Alleging Its ‘Speed Filter’ Caused Fatal Car Crash Jerry Lambe © Provided by Law & Crime 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 pa...

Skip to main content After 3 kids died in car crash while using Snapchat, court says family members can sue company FacebookTwitterEmail The Snapchat app — The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco put a dent in the armor of internet service companies provided by the Communications Decency Act, which protects them from liability for content from others on their websites. The court said Snap was not being sued for content but for a product application.Dreamstime / TNS Three youngsters were killed in 2017 when their car, traveling at 113 mph, flew off a road in southeastern Wis...