2022 News Archive - News & Updates

Our Transparency Report for the First Half of 2022

November 29, 2022

Today, we are releasing our latest transparency report, which covers the first half of 2022. At Snap, the safety and well-being of our community is our top priority...

Practicing Kindness Online on World Kindness Day

November 10, 2022

Sunday is World Kindness Day, a day dedicated to education and inspiring people to choose kindness – in real life and online. At Snap, kindness is one of our core values, and it is on display daily...

Launching an Unprecedented Public Awareness Campaign on the Dangers of Fentanyl

October 18, 2022

Today, we are pleased to help launch an unprecedented public awareness campaign with the Ad Council, also funded by YouTube, to help educate young people about the dangers of counterfeit pills...

Continuing our Efforts to Combat the U.S. Fentanyl Crisis

October 12, 2022

Next week, Snap will be launching an unprecedented public awareness campaign with the Ad Council to help educate both parents and young people on the dangers of counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl...

Meet Snap’s new Safety Advisory Board!

October 11, 2022

Earlier this year, Snap announced that we would rebuild our Safety Advisory Board (SAB) with the aim of growing and expanding membership to include a diversity of geographies, safety-related disciplines...

Supporting Mental Health and Fighting Against Bullying on Snapchat

October 6, 2022

At Snap, the health and well-being of our community is our top priority. As young people around the world struggle with their mental health, we have both a responsibility and a meaningful opportunity to support Snapchatters...

Back to School and Prioritizing Online Safety

September 13, 2022

Teens and young people across much of the world are heading back to school and, with the global pandemic largely behind us, it appears they will be re-entering the classroom and interacting with friends and classmates with some consistency — both in-person and online...

How We Prevent the Spread of False Information on Snapchat

September 8, 2022

With the midterm elections approaching in the United States, we wanted to highlight our longstanding approach to preventing the spread of false information on Snapchat, and the steps we continue to take to build on our strong foundation of preventing the spread of false information on our platform.

Introducing Family Center on Snapchat

August 8, 2022

At Snap, we believe that our products should reflect real-life human behaviors, and how people act and relate to each other in their everyday lives. We’ve made it a point to build things differently from the beginning...

Update on Our Ongoing Work to Combat the U.S. Fentanyl Epidemic

June 9, 2022

Last year, as part of our ongoing efforts to understand young people’s awareness of the dangers of fentanyl and the broader epidemic of counterfeit pills, we conducted a survey of young Americans and found that nearly half (46%) rated their average stress level as 7 out of 10 or above...

Mental Health Awareness Month: Announcing an Industry-Wide Campaign to Combat the Nationwide Fentanyl Epidemic

May 16, 2022

Over the past year and a half, Snap has been deeply focused on doing our part to help combat the broader national fentanyl crisis, which has continued to intensify during the pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that over 100,000 people died due to drug overdose...

Snap Partners with It’s On Us for Sexual Assault Awareness Month

April 26, 2022

In February, Snapchat partnered with It’s On Us, a national non-profit dedicated to combating campus sexual assault through awareness and prevention education programs, to announce our important...

Apply to join our growing Safety Advisory Board!

April 20, 2022

Since 2018, members of Snap’s Safety Advisory Board (SAB) have provided critical feedback on fostering the safety and well-being of our Snapchat community, and they’ve helped us navigate some complex safety issues...

Our Transparency Report for the Second Half of 2021

April 1, 2022

We are committed to making each of our Transparency Reports more comprehensive than the last. It’s a responsibility we don’t take lightly, as we know our stakeholders care as deeply about online safety and accountability as we do...

Announcing New Policies for Snap’s Developer Platform

March 17, 2022

We want Snapchatters to have fun and stay safe when using our services, and that goal drives the design of our products, our policies and our platforms for third-party developers. We also focus on building technologies...

Looking Out For Friends on the Snap Map

February 18, 2022

At Snap, we help friends stay connected no matter where they are, and we want to give our community even more tools to safely explore the world around them. So today, we are introducing a new safety feature...

Safer Internet Day 2022: Your report matters!

February 8, 2022

Today is international Safer Internet Day (SID), an annual event dedicated to people coming together around the world to make the internet safer and healthier for everyone, especially young people...

Data Privacy Day: Supporting the Privacy and Wellbeing of Snapchatters

January 28, 2022

Today marks Data Privacy Day, a global effort to raise awareness about the importance of respecting and safeguarding privacy. Privacy has always been central to Snapchat’s primary use case and mission...

Meet Our Head of Global Platform Safety

January 25, 2022

Hello, Snapchat community! My name is Jacqueline Beauchere and I joined Snap last Fall as the company’s first Global Head of Platform Safety...

Expanding our Work to Combat the Fentanyl Epidemic

January 18, 2022

Late last year, the CDC announced that more than 100,000 people died from drug overdoses in the US over a 12 month period -- with fentanyl being a major driver of this spike. This staggering data hits home – we recognize the horrible...

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