KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach has filed a lawsuit against Snapchat, accusing the social media giant of deceiving parents and exposing children to addictive features.

The lawsuit was filed on Tuesday in Washington County District Court against social media company, Snap Inc. Snapchat is widely used by over 400 million users nationwide. Snapchat users must be 13 years of age to create an account or use parental verification methods.

However, Kobach alleged that Snap Inc. knowingly misrepresented the app’s safety to parents and consumers by promoting it with “12 ” and “T for teen” age ratings on app stores, while simultaneously exposing users to dangerous, mature content.

“That's the problem,” Kobach said. “They're advertising it as one thing, but what's actually o

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