We are deeply disappointed that these recently hired Troopers displayed such poor judgment and lacked empathy for this family’s tragedy,” said the superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police.

The Columbus County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) is investigating a shooting that may be linked to social media. CCSO says the shooting was reported on Jan. 16 at a home on Rolan Boulevard. Reports say one of the victims,

Apple has a tendency to figure out ways to kill popular apps, but this time, someone else has done the work for them. Nikita Bier, an app maker with the Midas Touch, announced his new product Wednesday—an app called Explode that brings disappearing messages and texts directly to iMessage. Somebody check in on Snapchat and see how they’re feeling.

A Massachusetts man has been arrested on enticement charges, accused of sending sexually explicit messages and videos to a 14-year-old girl on Snapchat. Evanilson Gomes, 38, an East Bridgewater resident,

A gang of youths who stabbed, punched and kicked a teenager in a transphobic attack after luring her to Harrow Leisure Centre under the pretence of going to a roller disco have been jailed. The 18-year-old transgender victim was stabbed nine times after she was dragged to the floor by the mask-wearing gang and was subjected to transphobic slurs.

A transgender girl was repeatedly stabbed by a group of masked youths after lying about her gender and then performing a sex act on a boy, a court has heard.

D’Iberville Police Chief Marty Griffin said the department began investigating over the weekend after a post on the social media app Snapchat threatened to “shoot up” the high school on Monday morning. Hendry said Murray allegedly posted the threat on Sunday. She said authorities later arrested Murray at his home in Biloxi without incident.

A masked gang of youths have been captured on CCTV “viciously” stabbing a transgender girl in an attack organised on Snapchat. The girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons,

She has had meetings with TikTok and exchanged emails with Meta and Snapchat - but without a court order she said they can’t provide her information. TikTok explains it no longer has watch or search history for Jools, because the law requires companies ...

Tech giants like Meta and YouTube want to poach TikTokers, with Snapchat, X, Substack and others also planning efforts to coax them to their platforms.

With a TikTok ban potentially set to take effect in the U.S. on Sunday, other social media platforms could compete for its users’ attention, analysts at Morgan Stanley said.