In Maynard v. Snapchat, Inc., Case No. A18A0749
(decided June 5, 2018), the Georgia Court of Appeals addressed a
tragic situation involving an automobile accident and the popular
application Snapchat.
The Maynards were injured in a traffic accident involving
another automobile. According to an affidavit given by a passenger
in that other vehicle, the driver of the other vehicle was using
the Snapchat application at the time of the accident. The Snapchat
application allows the user to take temporary photos and videos and
share them. The application has various filters that allow the user
to include images overlaying the photos and videos. One of those
filters is a speedometer which shows the speed at which the user is
moving. According to the affidavit, at the time of the accident,
the driver was using the speedometer filter in an effort to create
and post an image showing that she was driving more than 100 mph.
The affiant said that the vehicle was going over 100 mph
