Snap has removed the controversial “speed filter” from its popular social consider app Snapchat, as earlier reported by NPR. The in-app conclude lets users capture how fast they’re moving, and it shares that quickly with friends through the app. 

The app, introduced in 2013, has been linked to certain deadly or near-fatal car accidents, many of which enthusiastic teens. The company has faced lawsuits from families of farmland who have been injured or killed in car accidents in which drivers were allegedly silly the app and driving too fast to brag to friends. 

In May, the Ninth Circuit Appeals Court ruled that the parents of three young men who died in a car atomize in Wisconsin would be able to sue Snap for negligent acquire of its product that led to foreseeable harm. Snap has recorded a motion with the court to dismiss the lawsuit, arguing that the speed filter didn’t cause the crash. 

Safety advocates have argued that the app encourages reckless driving. Snap has defended the feature, but after the lawsuits were recorded it demoted the filter to a sticker. The concern also made it harder to find the sticker, burying it in a separate menu. NPR’s record states that “of the some 5 billion ‘snaps’ users make every day, the expeditiously feature barely registers in terms of popularity.” 

A spokeswoman for Snap confirmed to CNET the app had been contained. She added that “nothing is more important than the defense of our Snapchat community.”  She also said that the “speed” sticker is barely used by Snapchatters, and in light of that, the company decided to occupy it altogether.