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subject of file

Snap Inc.

Tracked because Owner of Snapchat — documented adolescent brain hypersensitivity effects.
Editorial summary · AI-drafted from public records

Camera and social media company; parent of Snapchat.

Facts on record1
Connections mapped10
Sources cited19
✦ Thin coverage gap +11 connected to 10 entities · only 1 facts on record · flagged for follow-up research
Evidence: 1S
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🧠 Cognitive harm you own/control
Primary confidence
Aggregated from 1 platform owned, funded, or controlled by Snap Inc..
33
Score 0–100
Documented
Snapchat
33
2 documented harms · Documented
Score combines documented harm count, severity weighting, platform reach, and engineered mechanisms. See full methodology →
Stated vs Revealed
No documented contradictions on file.
PATTERN person → [donor] → company → [competitor] → company 558× PATTERN person → [employment] → company → [competitor] → company 352× PATTERN company → [competitor] → company → [competitor] → company 339× PATTERN institution → [contractor] → company → [competitor] → com... 275× PATTERN company → [competitor] → company → [subsidiary] → company 148×
Connection Map
Key Connections
→ Evan Spiegel person
employment
Evan Spiegel is the co-founder and CEO of Snap Inc.
→ Meta Platforms company
competitor
Snap Inc. (Snapchat) and Meta Platforms (Instagram) compete in social media and augmented reality markets.
→ YouTube company
competitor
Snap Inc. (Snapchat) competes with YouTube for user engagement and advertising revenue in video content.
← Snapchat company
subsidiary
Snapchat is the primary product/service of Snap Inc.
→ WhatsApp company
competitor
Snap Inc.'s Snapchat competes with WhatsApp in private messaging and ephemeral communication features.
→ Instagram company
competitor
Snap Inc.'s Snapchat competes directly with Instagram, particularly in Stories and ephemeral messaging features.
→ TikTok company
competitor
Snap Inc. (Snapchat) competes with TikTok in the short-form video and social media space.
→ Google company
competitor
Snap Inc. competes with Google in digital advertising and augmented reality platforms.
Facts (1)
Data Freshness
Ageing Last update: 175d ago · Avg age: 1586d
Confidence Tiers: Primary Source — cross-referenced government/corporate filings Pending Review — sourced but not independently verified AI Inference — analytical hypothesis from cross-referencing
✓ Verified Findings (1)
Independently re-checked: a second model read the source artifact and confirmed it supports the extracted claim.
✓ verified Partially Corroborated Snap Inc. filed filing with the SEC on 2019-02-06. Accession number: N/A.
Date: 2019-02-06 Added: 23 Apr 2026 ↗ RECORDS: SEC EDGAR: filing — Snap Inc. (2019-02-06)
All Connections (10)
→ Meta Platforms company
competitor primary since 2013
Snap Inc. (Snapchat) and Meta Platforms (Instagram) compete in social media and augmented reality markets.
→ TikTok company
competitor primary since 2017
Snap Inc. (Snapchat) competes with TikTok in the short-form video and social media space.
→ YouTube company
competitor primary since 2013
Snap Inc. (Snapchat) competes with YouTube for user engagement and advertising revenue in video content.
→ Google company
competitor primary since 2017
Snap Inc. competes with Google in digital advertising and augmented reality platforms.
→ Evan Spiegel person
employment primary since 2011
Evan Spiegel is the co-founder and CEO of Snap Inc.
→ Instagram company
competitor primary since 2016
Snap Inc.'s Snapchat competes directly with Instagram, particularly in Stories and ephemeral messaging features.
→ WhatsApp company
competitor primary since 2014
Snap Inc.'s Snapchat competes with WhatsApp in private messaging and ephemeral communication features.
→ Microsoft company
competitor primary since 2019
Snap Inc. competes with Microsoft in the augmented reality (Spectacles) and digital advertising markets.
← Snapchat company
subsidiary primary since 2013
Snapchat is the primary product/service of Snap Inc.
← Alphabet company
competitor inferential since 2011
Alphabet (Google) competes with Snap Inc. in digital advertising and augmented reality.
Sources (19)
2022-02-04 ↗ SEC EDGAR: 10-K — Snap Inc (2022-02-04) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2023-02-01 ↗ SEC EDGAR: 10-K — Snap Inc (2023-02-01) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2020-02-05 ↗ SEC EDGAR: 10-K — Snap Inc (2020-02-05) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2019-02-06 ↗ SEC EDGAR: 10-K — Snap Inc (2019-02-06) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2021-02-05 ↗ SEC EDGAR: 10-K — Snap Inc (2021-02-05) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2018-02-22 ↗ SEC EDGAR: 10-K — Snap Inc (2018-02-22) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2023-02-01 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Snap Inc. (2023-02-01) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2022-02-04 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Snap Inc. (2022-02-04) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2020-02-05 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Snap Inc. (2020-02-05) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2019-02-06 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Snap Inc. (2019-02-06) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2021-02-05 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Snap Inc. (2021-02-05) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Snap Inc. — Court records (no results) court_document Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Snap Inc. — Corporate registrations (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Snap Inc. — USASpending contracts (no results) contract Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Snap Inc. — Parliamentary records (no results) parliamentary_record Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Snap Inc. — Lobbying disclosures (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2018-02-22 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Snap Inc. (2018-02-22) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2026-04-23 UNVERIFIED SEARCH_ERROR: Snap Inc. not found in opencorporates claim_flag Processed 📜 Receipt
2019-02-06 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Snap Inc. (2019-02-06) web_search Processed 📜 Receipt