New Mexico Attorney General Sues Company Behind Snapchat, Alleging Child Sexual Exploitation on Site

The New Mexico Attorney General has filed a lawsuit against the company behind Snapchat, alleging that the site’s design and policies encourage the sharing of child sexual abuse material and facilitate the sexual exploitation of children.
Attorney General Raul Torrez filed the lawsuit against Snap Inc. on Thursday in state court in Santa Fe. In addition to sexual abuse, the lawsuit alleges that the company openly promotes child trafficking, drug trafficking and weapons trafficking.

Last December, Torrez filed a similar lawsuit against Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, alleging that it allows predators to traffic child pornography and solicit minors for sex on its platforms. That lawsuit is pending.

Snap’s ‘harmful design features’ create an environment where p …