Snapchat sued over rape of 12-year-old girl | The Canberra Times

The family of a teen girl alleges Snapchat’s features enabled a 25-year-old to groom and abuse her. Photo: Aap Image/AAP PHOTOS The parents of a girl who was raped when she was 12 by an adult stranger she met on Snapchat have sued its parent company, Snap, and the attacker in Missouri state court. Subscribe now for unlimited access. or signup to continue reading EOFY SAVE 50% All articles from our website & app The digital version of Today’s Paper Crosswords, Sudoku and Trivia The lawsuit filed on Wednesday claims the social media company has refused to disable dangerous features in its app or warn parents about potential harms it may cause. According to the lawsuit, the girl began using Snapchat in 2021 when she was 11 without her parents’ knowledge. While the app requires users to be 13 to sign up, the lawsuit says the girl does not remember what birth date she entered and that children knew they could easily bypass the minimum-age requirement. About a year after she began using Snapchat, the lawsuit says the app recommended her and teen girls from nearby high schools as friends to defendant Gabriel Joel Valentin-Rios, an adult who had no
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