Snapchat, and Kylie Jenner, in hot water over 'blackface' filter

New Bob Marley filter on Snapchat has been criticised for being the digital equivalent of blackface

Snapchat is facing criticism for introducing a Bob Marley filter to its app which pastes the late singer's face over the user's, adding cartoon dreadlocks and a cap.

The social media company is being accused not only of introducing the digital equivalent of blackface, but also for the timing of the filter: it appears to have been introduced to mark 20 April (or 4/20), an important day in weed culture - but nothing to do with Bob Marley himself, outside of the musician's own involvement with marijuana.