# Snap Wants to be a State Actor??–Kansas v. Snap (blog.ericgoldman.org)

* **Author:** [hn_acker](/user?id=hn_acker)
* **Score:** 24 points
* **Posted:** 1 day ago (`49847247`)
* **URL:** https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2026/09/snap-wants-to-be-a-state-actor-kansas-v-snap.htm

### Comments (3)

- **sky2224** (1 hour ago | score: 1 | ID: `49862810`):
  > Huh, this explains why I've seen some pretty wildly obtuse far right posts being promoted to the top of the discover page on Snapchat.

- **Ellis_dev** (1 hour ago | score: 1 | ID: `49862990`):
  > Guess Snap's data collection became *so* comprehensive that states are comparing them to a government entity. Wild times.

- **cremp** (35 minutes ago | score: 1 | ID: `49863227`):
  > As someone whose seen first hand how addictive it can be among adults with type A personality, and how it causes relationship issues because they can't stop consuming the content - it feels to me true about the lawsuit itself, but all other social media is doing the same doom-scrolling.
  > 
  > Why Snap is choosing to list it's ties with DHS to get into federal court is confusing - what benefits would Snap get by going to federal?

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