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Snapchat just announced a bunch of changes to win the creator war

The social media company wants to create more "homegrown" viral stars, but the move raises privacy concerns.

Fortune

Man left girlfriend 'gasping for air' as he strangled her over secret Snapchat

Derius Campbell has now been jailed

Wales Online

Man strangled girlfriend and shoved fingers down her throat after she found his secret Snapchat account

Derius Campbell, 22, was jailed for over two years

Manchester Evening News

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Teenage pervert watched child abuse videos on secret phone stashed under bed

Tanvir Ahmed covered his face as he left Liverpool Crown Court

Liverpool Echo

Paedophile's partner has left him after finding out what he was doing

James Billingsley-Taylor had nearly 400 vile images and videos on his phone

Liverpool Echo

California School District Sues Instagram, Snapchat, and TikTok for Creating 'Youth Mental Health Crisis'

The lawsuit blames the companies for stoking "anxiety, depression, thoughts of self-harm, and suicidal ideation."

Reason

San Diego-area school districts sue social media companies, saying they've fueled a youth mental health crisis

SAN DIEGO — Oceanside and Coronado Unified are joining a growing number of school districts nationwide in suing the country's largest social media companies, arguing that their content algorithms and platform designs are addicting children and teens and have caused worsening anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts.

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How beauty filters like TikTok’s ‘bold glamour’ affect tweens using social media

TikTok’s new “bold glamour” filter “enhances” physical features in a way that makes it difficult to distinguish whether someone is using a filter or not, despite its airbrushing qualities.

The Conversation

Paedophile received 'most terrible' child abuse images on Snapchat

The 30-year was found with images of abuse featuring victims as young as three years

Liverpool Echo

NSW Police Issue Statement After Cop Poses W/ Man Wearing Gay Slur T-Shirt At The Easter Show

And cops wonder why they're not welcome at Pride.

Pedestrian.tv

Clad in fluffy slippers and dressing gowns, filming for Snapchat, they arrived to watch the Strangeways protest

The inmate sketched “Free IPPZ” onto the roof of the building before continually shouting out the phrase, in what appeared to be a protest against the abolished court sanction titled Imprisonment for Public Protection sentence

Manchester Evening News

Sorry students, these goofy Snapchat Lenses in Microsoft Teams are for professional use only

Snap shut down its Camera app a few months ago, but you can now use Snapchat Lenses directly within Microsoft.

Windows Central

Sick of Microsoft Teams virtual backgrounds? You can now use Snapchat Lenses instead

Microsoft reckons adding more virtual effects will help teams build better bridges and work harder.

TechRadar

Florida: Covid whistleblower claims son’s arrest is ‘kidnapping’ by DeSantis

Rebekah Jones says 13-year-old, charged over apparent threats to middle school in February, targeted for political reasons

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Evening Standard

Snapchat censors chatbot for kids after it discussed weed and sex

The bot allegedly told a reporter pretending to be a child how to plan for sexual intercourse with a 31-year-old

Axios

The public loves trying to push chatbots over the edge

The harder AI developers try to build "guardrails," the harder users try to find ways around them.

Daily Mirror

Gang of bullies beat boy, 12, in vicious attack as he steps off school bus

Schoolboy Logan Latham, 12, was chased by a gang of around 10 other youths as he stepped off a bus and savagely beaten - with the sickening video going viral on Snapchat

Glasgow Live

12-year-old Wishaw boy chased down by gang in horrific attack after getting off school bus

The terrified 12-year-old boy was chased, knocked to the ground and set upon by the 10-strong gang of thugs who repeatedly kicked him on the face and ribs just yards from his home.

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Daily Record

Twisted Scots trio tattooed man and penetrated him with glass bottle as he slept

Aaron McLauchlan and cousins Karly and Keiran Donald exploited the vulnerable autistic man during drinking sessions.

Edinburgh Live

Midlothian thugs tattooed and attacked autistic man with a bottle as he slept

Aaron McLauchlan, 23, and cousins Karly Donald, 23, and Kieran Donald, 24, all savagely targeted their victim during drinking sessions before sending the horror footage to friends on Snapchat.

The Independent UK

‘Happy’ boy died ‘copying Snapchat video of friend with ligature around neck’

Mustapha Ibrahim, 13, was found in his bedroom at home in Southsea, Hampshire, and taken to Southampton General Hospital where he died.

Fortune

Disney joins Microsoft and Snapchat as latest big-name company to slink away from metaverse ambitions

Companies are moving away from the nascent industry as regulators increasingly scrutinize crypto and the buzz around A.I. rises.

Fortune

How a TikTok ban would impact businesses

With over 1 billion monthly active users on TikTok, concerned CEOs and small business owners tell Fortune how their reach and revenue would be hit by a ban.

Axios

Social media's new pay-for-play rules

Twitter's Elon Musk says only paying subscribers' messages will be featured in the service's main feed.

Manchester Evening News

ASDA's new Easter-themed pizza has shoppers confused

“I picked it up the wrong way and thought it was the Snapchat ghost.”

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