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'''Snapchat''' is a [[photo]] sharing [[Application software|app]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/snapchat/id447188370?mt=8|title=Snapchat|author=Snapchat, Inc.|date=13 July 2011|work=App Store|accessdate=9 June 2015}}</ref> Using the app, people can take pictures, add a [[Writing|text]] or [[drawing]] and send them to a [[contact network|list of contacts]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/131313-what-s-the-point-of-snapchat-and-how-does-it-work|title=What’s the point of Snapchat, and how does it work?|author=Elyse Betters|work=Pocket-lint|accessdate=9 June 2015}}</ref> The service started in September 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jjcolao/2012/11/27/snapchat-the-biggest-no-revenue-mobile-app-since-instagram/|title=Snapchat: the biggest no-revenue mobile app since Instagram|author=J.J. Colao|date=27 November 2012|work=Forbes|accessdate=9 June 2015}}</ref> At first it was intended to send [[selfie]]s that would disappear quickly but people learned how to save the pictures.

In June 2017 the app added "Snap Map". Snap Map is a feature that broadcasts the user's location on a map. This caused concerns over privacy and safety.<ref name="verge-snap-map">{{cite web |first=Dani |last=Deahl |title=Snapchat’s newest feature is also its biggest privacy threat |url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/23/15864552/snapchat-snap-map-privacy-threat |website=[[The Verge]] |publisher=[[Vox Media]] |date=June 23, 2017 |accessdate=June 30, 2017}}</ref>

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