Snap sued in US over rape of minor who connected to adult attacker on Snapchat
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June 26, 2026
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The parents of a girl in the United States who was raped when she was 12 years old by an adult stranger she met on Snapchat have sued its parent company, Snap, and the attacker in a Missouri state court.
The lawsuit filed 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.
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