Dos apps from Snapchat that allowed to send messages anonymously, Yolo and LMK, were suspended by Snap on Tuesday. This after cyberbullying that an Oregon teenager suffered and, according to a lawsuit filed by his mother, led him to commit suicide in late 2020.
“Due to the serious accusations raised by the lawsuit, and for taking extreme precautions to guarantee the snapchat community safety, we decided to suspend Yolo and LMK integrated through Snap Kit while we conduct an investigation, ”a Snap representative said in a statement.
In accordance with Los Angeles Times, the lawsuit notes that Yolo and LMK violated consumer protection laws and breached their own terms of service. It also accuses that anonymous messaging apps facilitate the bullying and they should be considered as dangerous products.
Yolo and LMK are two apps that were part of Snapchat’s messaging services through Snap Kit, a series of tools for external developers.
Last year, when Bride’s family found him dead, they also found evidence that he sought to learn the identity of Bride. anonymous users in Yolo. The lawsuit details that he had received anonymous messages with sexual content and mentions of incidents that occurred at his school for months.
The Carson Bride family, it is clarified in the lawsuit, does not seek to punish the young people who exercised cyberbullying towards the adolescent. Instead, it does seek to sanction Snap, Yolo, LMK and other apps that facilitate online violence and their use is suspended, at least until they demonstrate that they took action to prevent bullying and bullying.
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