Snapchat cuts back after suicide lawsuit

Social media platform Snapchat was sued for suicide last year. Snapchat is restricting its policies, especially for children, so that this situation does not happen again. In 2020, a 16-year-old teenager named Carson Bride committed suicide after being bullied on Snapchat. The mother of the little boy who was cyberbullied sued Snapchat in 2021 for not adequately protecting its young users.

Last month, an 11-year-old girl named Selena, who was also cyberbullied on Snapchat, died by committing suicide. After this situation, Selena’s mother Tammy Rodriguez sued Meta and Snapchat. Snapchat, on the other hand, decided to restrict itself after these events. So, what changes will the platform make? Let’s take a look at the details of the news together.

Snapchat imposes restrictions by revising its controls

Snapchat had banned anonymous messaging apps influencing cyberbullying after rising cases of suicides. He then promised to change his policies to improve security. Today, the social media giant announced that it has changed its policies in a statement. The statement included the following changes:

• It will ban anonymous messaging apps.
• Anonymous messaging applications will limit their users to the age of 18 and above.
• Dating apps will be used for people aged 18 and over.

After the statements made by Snapchat CEO, he said that they will bring Parental Control features in October and they are working on this issue in detail. Parental Controls, on the other hand, will include issues such as disabling the feature of disappearing messages, restricting friend requests, and editing the discover section.

Instagram announced yesterday that it has brought the Parental Control feature. Now, Snapchat’s taking these measures and statements drew attention. What do you, our readers, think about this issue? Do you support Snapchat restrictions? You can comment or share your thoughts on the SDN Forum.