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Snapchat Pulls Juneteenth Filter After User Backlash

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This SnapChat #Juneteenth filter is…um…interesting. Smile to break the chains? Okay then. pic.twitter.com/Wyob3kT3ew— Mark S.

Luckie (@marksluckie) June 19, 2020Juneteenth honors the end of slavery in the United States. The name is a combination of “June” and “nineteenth,” commemorating the date in 1865 when Union soldiers announced in Galveston, Texas, that the Civil War had ended and slaves were free.

The event came more than 2 years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.Luckie wasn’t the only one who called out Snapchat’s filter on Twitter, either.

Several other users shared their displeasure:Dear @snapchat you got me f’d up. Wit that Juneteenth chain filter.????????????????????— Lachelle (@LachelleLove3).

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