Snap suspends apps Yolo and LMK after lawsuit over teen’s death


The lawsuit sought to have Yolo and LMK immediately banned from Snap’s platform, along with other apps that lack safeguards against cyberbullying. — Reuters

Yolo and LMK, two Snapchat apps that allow users to send anonymous messages, are no longer available to users of the social media platform after parent company Snap suspended them on May 11.

The suspension comes in response to a lawsuit filed on Monday on behalf of Kristin Bride, the mother of an Oregon teen who took his own life in 2020 after receiving bullying messages via Yolo and LMK for months.

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