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Snapchat’s “Snap Maps” visualized yesterday’s school walkouts protesting gun violence

The app’s maps feature, which visualizes where events are taking place, was used to show where students organized walkouts in protest of continuing gun violence in America, reports Axios. The protests followed last week’s deadly school shooting in Florida that took 17 lives. My Snap Maps is all anti-gun walkouts This is where US kids, […]

Snapchat’s “Snap Maps” visualized yesterday’s school walkouts protesting gun violence

BY Michael Grothaus0 minute read

The app’s maps feature, which visualizes where events are taking place, was used to show where students organized walkouts in protest of continuing gun violence in America, reports Axios. The protests followed last week’s deadly school shooting in Florida that took 17 lives.

Snap Maps allows Snapchat users to peek in on trending events around the world. Given how often school walkouts appeared on Snap Maps yesterday it gives one pause for hope that today’s younger generation will not tolerate the epidemic of gun violence in America any longer.

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Michael Grothaus is a novelist and author. He has written for Fast Company since 2013, where he's interviewed some of the tech industry’s most prominent leaders and writes about everything from Apple and artificial intelligence to the effects of technology on individuals and society. Michael’s current tech-focused areas of interest include AI, quantum computing, and the ways tech can improve the quality of life for the elderly and individuals with disabilities More


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