This college student used the gender swap Snapchat filter to take down a police offer looking to engage in sexual activity with a minor
that adjusts its users's photos to adhere to more traditionally feminine codes — and in doing so, he took down a predatory police officer attempting to engage in sexual activity with someone he knew to be underage.
Ethan had listed his age as 19 years old on Tinder, which requires that users are 18 or older; he then filtered the augmented photo to make Esther look younger, the San Jose Police Department.
Ethan later alerted authorities to the conversation, and San Jose Police began an investigation on May 13, 2019.
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