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TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY BEFORE WRITING UP THE PROPOSAL. AND NEW DETAILS COMING IN IN THE LAWSUIT FILED BY NEW MEXICOS ATTORNEY GENERAL AGAINST SNAPCHAT. OUR REPORTER COREY HOWARD SPOKE WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ABOUT THIS TODAY. COREY. YEAH. DARLENE. DURING THAT CONVERSATION, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAID THAT HE FOUND PROOF THAT THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM DID NOT PROTECT ITS USERS. INSTEAD, THEY ALLOWED SEXTORTION AND SIMPLY TURNED A BLIND EYE. IT IS NOT ONLY A PLACE WHERE EXPLICIT SEXUAL MATERIAL CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND DRUGS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO UNDERAGE USERS, BUT ALSO IT IS A PRIMARY LOCATION FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE TARGETING CHILDREN FOR SEXTORTION. ACCORDING TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, RAUL TORREZ, MANY USERS BELIEVE THE PLATFORM IS SAFE AND THE CONTENT THEY POST DISAPPEARS AFTER 24 HOURS. BUT TORRES SAYS THATS NOT THE CASE. WHAT WEVE DISCOVERED IS THAT EPHEMERAL CONTENT IS IS ACTUALLY EASILY CAPTURED BY PEOPLE WHO WOULD PREY ON CHILDREN. TORRES SAID DURING THE INVESTIGATION, HIS OFFICE FOUND A USER WHO HAD MORE THAN 75 COMPLAINTS AND THEIR ACCOUNT WAS STILL ACTIVE. THE LAWSUIT GOES INTO FURTHER DETAIL, SAYING 76% OF MORE THAN 6000 USERS CLAIMED TO EXPERIENCE AT LEAST ONE ONLINE RISK IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS. WE DID REACH OUT TO SNAPCHAT AND A LENGTHY STATEMENT THE COMPANY MENTIONED THE ISSUES MENTIONED IN THE NEW MEXICO ATTORNEY GENERALS COMPLAINT ARE NEITHER NEW NOR UNIQUE TO SNAPCHAT. THESE ARE ISSUES WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO ADDRESS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. AS WE SAID IN SEPTEMBER, WE SHARE ATTORNEY GENERAL TORRES AND THE PUBLICS CONCERN ABOUT ONLINE SAFETY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND ARE DEEPLY COMMITTED TO SNAPCHAT BEING A SAFE PLACE AND POSITIVE PLACE FOR OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. NOW THAT YOU BROUGHT THESE CONCERNS TO SNAPCHAT, WHAT IS THEIR RESPONSE BEEN TO YOU? WELL, UNFORTUNATELY, THEYRE FOLLOWING THE SAME PLAYBOOK THAT WEVE SEEN WITH OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES. NOW, TORRES WENT ON TO SAY, DESPITE BRINGING IN SECURITY EXPERTS, THE COMPANY FAILED TO FOLLOW THE EXPERTS ADVICE AND THE COMPANY RECEIVES ABOUT 10,000 REPORTS. A MONTH OF SEXTORTION ON THEIR PLATFORM. CORY HOWARD, KOAT ACTION SEVEN NEWS. CORY, THANK YOU. AND BACK IN DECEMBER, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ALSO FILE