Technology,
Criminal
Jan. 26, 2024
Claims that fentanyl dealers use Snapchat to sell pills is true, judge says
The social media company wanted certain claims struck from a product liability lawsuit filed by families of children who have overdosed.
A Los Angeles County judge on Wednesday denied Snap Inc.'s sanctions motion to strike "false" and "inflammatory" claims from a lawsuit accusing the social media company of causing thousands of teenagers to die from fentanyl-laced pills sold by drug dealers on Snapchat.
"I don't know how you move to strike something that's false when the court is obligated to accept something is true, which suggests to me, maybe that's why Snap did not bring ...
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