During the shooting, Snap Maps took viewers inside the Florida high school

On Wednesday, the world watched as scared and confused teenagers huddled in the corners of classrooms while gunshots rang out at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. 

The unnervingly intimate view of the tragic high school shooting came from social media, and particularly, from Snapchat and its new desktop feature, Snap Maps.

Soon after the shooting began, Snapchat published a featured story entitled “High School Shooting.” According to Snapchat, the story was comprised of snaps sent by Snapchat users on the scene to “our story,” curated and annotated by Snapchat employees. It provided information on the breaking news, depicted students living through the shooting, and showed the aftermath of police, chaos, and concern in Parkland.  Read more…

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