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Snapchat is a social media network that has been banned and/or otherwise restricted in various countries. Potential reasons for such bans include national security, user privacy, social control, protecting culture, reducing displays of behavior considered to be immoral, economic protectionism, protecting mental health (especially among youth), technological sovereignty, and regulatory compliance.
Snapchat is a mobile application created by Stanford graduates Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy in September 2011. [159] Snapchat's main feature is that the application allows users to send a photo or video, referred to as a "snap", to recipients of choice for up to ten seconds before it disappears. [160]
Snapchat is working to make it harder for teenagers to be contacted on the app by people they don’t know, its latest effort to stop the sexual and financial exploitation scam known as sextortion.
Snapchat is an American multimedia instant messaging app and service developed by Snap Inc., originally Snapchat Inc.One of the principal features of the multimedia Snapchat is that pictures and messages are usually available for only a short time before they become inaccessible to their recipients.
Snapchat users were alarmed on Tuesday night when the platform’s artificial intelligence chatbot posted a live update to its profile and stopped responding to messages.
Snapchat says it’s working to make its app even safer for teen users.
The company was named Snapchat Inc. at its inception, but it was rebranded Snap Inc. on September 24, 2016, in order to include the Spectacles product under the company name. [12] Snap is co-owned by Tencent (which holds a 45.43% stake) and NBCUniversal , a division of Comcast (whose stake is undisclosed).
The party was also allegedly advertised on SnapChat and hosted by Hill-Brodigan's two sons. ... and it's even more inappropriate considering these people's standing in the community," Payne said.