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Snap has reportedly updated its policies for Snap Kit, which among other things allows developers to integrate various aspects of Snapchat into their own apps, in response to several lawsuits filed when multiple teenagers committed suicide or engaged in self-harming behavior after they were bullied via social media.
TechCrunch reports that Snap will no longer allow Snap Kit developers to create anonymous messaging apps with the platform and will require “friend-finding” apps to implement age restrictions in a bid to prevent them from being used by child predators to find potential victims.
These changes appear to have been added to Snap Kit’s official Safety Guidelines already:
The application’s developers will have 30 days to comply with these new policies, TechCrunch reports, but it doesn’t seem like most developers will need to change anything. Snap claims that the rule about anonymous messaging apps will affect 2% of developers, and that the new age restriction will only affect 3%.
Snap tells TechCrunch that it wants “to foster an ecosystem that helps apps protect user safety, privacy and well-being while unlocking product innovation for developers and helping them grow their businesses” and will “continue to regularly evaluate our policies, monitor app compliance, and work with developers to better protect the well-being of our community.”
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Nina Alvarez is a writer and content producer. Her interests include writing, particularly about different forms of digital communication and the many ways it can impact the flow of information through varying demographics.
