Couple sues Snapchat over ‘speed filter’ claims

A couple is suing Snapchat, claiming that the social media app’s “speed filter” tempted a woman to drive too fast, causing a crash.

Media outlets report Wentworth and Karen Maynard filed a lawsuit in Spalding County State Court against Snapchat and 18-year-old driver Christal McGee.

The lawsuit says that in September, Wentworth Maynard was driving down a highway in Hampton, south of Atlanta, when McGee was driving using a Snapchat filter that places the rate at which a vehicle is travelling over an image.