Snapchat is getting really serious about voting selfies (CNET News)
Snapchat is getting really serious about voting selfies (CNET News)
2016-04-27
the only way to official eyes meaningful
moments in your life is with a selfie
one of those moments is voting for
president but for some Americans it's
illegal to take a photo with a ballot or
anywhere inside a polling place snapchat
being the ultimate selfie app isn't
happy the company filed a 28-page amicus
brief in New Hampshire last week to help
the ACLU fight the law so now Chad
argues that a selfie taken in a voting
booth is quote core political speech and
that it should be protected by the First
Amendment our forefathers would be so
proud the brief mentions that a ballot
selfie like a campaign button is a way
to express support for or against a
cause or candidate and that selfies are
a uniquely powerful form of political
expression the reason you're not allowed
to take photos in a polling place in
some states is to keep voting a secret
and minimize voter fraud through buying
and selling but in a world of zero
privacy and over sharing snapchat thinks
those laws are outdated it's no secret
that snapchat wants politics to be a
reason people use the app according to
snapchat 18 to 24 year olds were more
likely to watch recaps of the Democratic
debates on snapchat then on TV five
minutes is plenty of time to learn more
about presidential candidates right
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