New Mexico Accuses Snapchat of Facilitating Sexual Exploitation of Children

CBS News

Design features allegedly make Snapchat a favored platform of sexual criminals targeting kids, according to a lawsuit filed by New Mexico Thursday against Snap, the company that operates the popular social media app.

An undercover investigation by the state found Snapchat has crafted “an environment where predators can easily target children through sextortion schemes and other forms of sexual abuse,” Attorney General Raúl Torrez stated in a news release

Sextortion is a rapidly growing crime that involves a person pretending to be a peer coercing minors to send explicit images or videos of themselves, and then threatening to distribute the material unless they are paid. The scam has resulted in numerous teen suicides, the AG noted.

READ THE FULL STORY 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Latest News

Judge Rules Against AZ AG Kris Mayes Again in Prosecution of Trump Electors, Finds She Violated Their Rights and Orders Grand Jury Redo

Judge Rules Against AZ AG Kris Mayes Again in Prosecution of Trump Electors, Finds She Violated Their Rights and Orders Grand Jury Redo

May 23, 20255 min read
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sam Myers ruled last week that prosecutors for Attorney General Kris Mayes left out key information when they presented their case against the alternate electoral slate for Donald Trump and several others associated with the electors, which “denied a substantial procedural right as guaranteed by Arizona law.”
Rep. James Comer and Rep. Jim Jordan

ActBlue Officials Decline to Testify, Congress Threatens Subpoenas in Foreign Donations Probe

May 23, 20256 min read
The chairmen of three powerful House committees on Thursday threatened to issue subpoenas after several current and former top officials of the Democrat online fund-raising platform ActBlue declined to testify in a probe into possible foreign and fraudulent political donations, according to correspondence obtained by Just the News.
TOP: TNRwMPL

TOP: TNRwMPL

May 23, 20250 min read

0 Comments

Submit a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *