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CHARLESTON, S.C. — A federal court in South Carolina denied Snapchat’s efforts to dismiss a negligence complaint for lack of jurisdiction. The complaint centers on the social media app’s speedometer filter, which allegedly encourages drivers to go fast; a crash victim’s personal representatives say the filter is to blame for the fatal car crash. The representatives may pursue jurisdictional discovery.
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