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Snap Inc. Faces Class Action Lawsuit over Allegedly Scraping Millions of YouTube Videos to Train its AI

Snap, Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, is facing a proposed class action lawsuit filed on January 23, 2026, accusing the social media giant of illegally

Snap Inc. Faces Class Action Lawsuit over Allegedly Scraping Millions of YouTube Videos to Train its AI
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Snap Inc. Faces Class Action Lawsuit over Allegedly Scraping Millions of YouTube Videos to Train its AI

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Snap, Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, is facing a proposed class action lawsuit filed on January 23, 2026, accusing the social media giant of illegally downloading millions of YouTube videos to train its generative AI model, bypassing the platform’s own protective measures and violating creators’ intellectual property rights. The case, captioned Ted Entertainment Inc. et al. v. Snap Inc. (Case No. 2:26  cv  00754), was filed in California under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

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