News Archive 2023

Earlier this month, our Law Enforcement Operations team brought together more than 3,300 members of federal, state, and local law enforcement for our 3rd annual Law Enforcement Summit to demonstrate how Snapchat works and share information about our safety features and policies.

Today is World Kindness Day, and what better time to promote positive thoughts and actions than by leading with respect, empathy and compassion in all interactions - both online and off.

Today, we are releasing our latest Transparency Report, which covers the first half of 2023.

Today we are announcing new features to further protect 13-17-year-olds from potential online risks.

We are pleased to share that two AI experts joined our board and took part in last month’s first in-person meeting of our new SAB.

Starting on 14 August, as part of our compliance program with the European Digital Services Act (DSA) and relevant UK regulations, we will be implementing changes to the way we show ads to Snapchatters under the age of 18 in the EU and UK.

We just released our latest transparency report, which covers the first half of 2022.

As we mark a sombre second annual National Fentanyl Awareness Day, we wanted to provide our community with an update on our ongoing work.

Last week we announced that My AI, our AI-powered chatbot, is rolling out to our Snapchat community. It’s been exciting to watch Snapchatters’ early reactions, and we’re grateful for their feedback to further improve My AI...

As part of our joint work to improve My AI, we want to share an update on some of the safety enhancements we have recently put in place as a result of our learnings — along with new tools we plan to implement...

Starting today, we are accepting applications for a small number of experts to join our Safety Advisory Board and bring their specialized knowledge in AI...

Today, we are pleased to roll out our latest feature for Family Center, Content Controls, which allow parents to limit the type of content their teens can watch on Snapchat...

On the 20th anniversary of Safer Internet Day, we are releasing our inaugural Digital Well-Being Index, a measure of Generation Z’s online psychological well-being...

In honor of Data Privacy Day, we recently launched our Privacy and Safety Hub – values.snap.com – a new one-stop-shop housing all our privacy and safety materials and policies under one roof...

In this post, we want to share some helpful information about how we work together with law enforcement officials and authorities to help keep our community safe...