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Incident summary from the AI Incident Database, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Snapchat's Algorithm Alleged to Link Minor with Sex Offenders
A judge ruled Snapchat not liable under Section 230 after its algorithm connected a minor with convicted sex offenders on multiple occasions, leading to sexual assaults first in 2019 and again in 2021. The platform's "Quick Add" feature was implicated in facilitating the connections between the minor and the offenders.
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