Snapchat Is Getting Sued For A Kinda Legit Reason

Children can have Snapchat. There's nothing stopping anyone with a phone and an internet connection from downloading the app. 

And let's be honest, it's good for sending stupid selfies and funny pics. But what people have a problem is is the "Discover" tab. 

This tab shows a range of content but for example one of the things showing up is how to properly finger a girl using a melon. 

Attorney Mark Garagos is one of the poeple who has a problem with the stuff showing up there. He has filed a lawsuit against Snapchat for allegedly exposing children to “sexually explicit” content, specifically through its Discover feature. His clients believe that it is the main source of the “raunchy” material on there…

In the class action lawsuit, filed on behalf of the minors who were exposed to these “raunchy” materials, they seek a $50,000 payout for each alleged violation of the Communications Decency Act of 1996. 

The Communications Decency Act of 1996 was the government’s first real attempt to regulate porn on the Internet. And Garagos is claiming that Snapchat has violated this act, big time.

According to TMZ, he cites articles such as “I Got High, Blown and Robbed When I Was a Pizza Delivery Guy,” “What It Is Really Like to Let People Finger You in Public” and a BuzzFeed post entitled “23 Pictures That Are Too Real If You’ve Ever Had Sex With a Penis,” all as examples of ways in which Snapchat Discover has managed to violate this act.

He's also asking for some sort of order that would force Snapchat to warn viewers before it shows graphic content like this. 

Hmmm wonder if this will float with Snapchat.