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Psychotherapist Thomas Kersting and public safety policy attorney Donte Mills joined 'Fox & Friends Weekend' to weigh in on the Silicon Valley school district's lawsuit.

The San Mateo County superintendent and school board filed a lawsuit against YouTube, Snapchat and TikTok, alleging that they created a mental health crisis.

A Detroit man is accused of hacking into an 18-year-old woman’s Snapchat account to steal nude images and threatening to post them online if she didn’t pay money or send more pictures.

Officials with Plymouth-Canton Community Schools said no weapon was found at a middle school after several students reported seeing a Snapchat picture showing a gun.

"We need to embrace those risks intelligently, experiment, build on those experiments, drive scale," said one consultant.

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GAYLORD, MI –Police are investigating after a someone hacked a Snapchat account and used it to make threats against Gaylord High School. The Otsego County Sheriff’s Office says it received a tip from a resident about the account on the popular social media platform from a at 4:35 p.m. on Tuesday. It was also determined that there was no immediate threat to the school district, but law enforcement enhanced security at the school on Wednesday as a precaution. The suspect allegedly hacked another person’s Snapchat account and made the threats to try and get the account holder in trouble, police said. A report has been forwarded to the Otsego County prosecutor for review.

Joseph O'Connor faces several charges in connection with the hack of more than 130 Twitter accounts.

Hundreds of Texas teenagers broke into an Austin home and threw a "mansion rager" without the permission of the homeowners, leaving thousands of dollars in damages.

Hundreds of Texas teenagers broke into an Austin home and threw a "mansion rager" without the permission of the homeowners, leaving thousands of dollars in damages.

Ohio’s governor wants to require parental consent for kids under 16 to get new accounts on TikTok, Snapchat and other social media and gaming platforms.

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Snap missed on revenue in its fourth-quarter earnings report.

Snap-owned Snapchat, and its role in the fentanyl crisis, was the focus of a House roundtable hosted by the Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday.

In just the past month there have been nearly 50,000 job cuts across the technology sector. Large and small tech companies went on a hiring spree in over the past several years due to a demand for their products, software and services surged with millions of people working remotely. Snap: The parent company of social media platform Snapchat said that it was letting go of 20% of its staff.

Antonio Brown says his Snapchat account was hacked following a post in which the mother of his four children, Chelsie Kyriss, can be seen performing oral sex on him.

Like the tobacco, oil, gun, opioid and vaping industries before them, the big U.S. social media companies are now facing lawsuits brought by public entities that seek to hold them accountable for a huge societal problem in the mental health crisis among youth.

Seattle Public Schools blames social media for worsening mental health and behavioral disorders in students, making it more difficult to teach them.

The public school district in Seattle is suing the tech giants behind TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat, seeking to hold them accountable for the mental health crisis among youth.

An Inkster man received dozens of nude images and videos from a 10-year-old girl and other children after offering to send them video game currency, officials said.

As the U.S. deals with its deadliest overdose crisis to date, a national crime-prevention group is calling on the Justice Department to clamp down on social media’s role in the spread of fentanyl, the drug largely driving a troubling spike in overdose deaths among teenagers.

A 36-year-old Pontiac man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for the sexual exploitation of a minor.

Christian Pulisic entered American soccer lore with his goal against Iran but the photo shared from his hospital bed illustrated just how iconic he has become.

A 17-year-old's death in California shows how fentanyl and fake pills, often sold on social media, are killing record numbers of unsuspecting Americans.

The Kids Online Safety Act has gained momentum at a time of debate over parental control of what's taught in school, including on topics like gender identity.

A Royal Oak man who lured a 14-year-old to his home over Snapchat, left another teenage girl in a Detroit parking lot after raping her, and had a runaway hiding naked under his bed has been sentenced to federal prison.

Antonio Brown is taking aim at Tom Brady again, this time posting a supposed text message from the veteran quarterback calling him out in May 2021.

GRAND BLANC, MI -- Police are investigating a threat made on Snapchat from someone not in the Grand Blanc Community Schools student database Monday morning after students were dismissed at the high school. “Out of an abundance of caution, due to a threat made on social media, we began releasing Grand Blanc High School students (only) starting at 8:45 (a.m.) after being in secure mode this morning,” Public Relations and Communication Agent Andrea Calvert said in a Nov. 7 statement. Students are expected to resume the school day with 4th, 5th and 6th hours remotely. We are thankful to the individuals who brought this threat to our attention,” Calvert wrote. Students aren’t in school on Tuesday, Nov. 8 as it is an election day and professional development day for staff.

Social media users in Illinois are cashing in on more data privacy settlements. This time, Snapchat is sending out checks up to $117.

A Clinton Township man was sentenced to 30 years in prison after coercing several minors into sending him sexually explicit photos.

A grieving Birmingham family says enough is enough, as they’ve joined a lawsuit seeking damages from the social media site Snapchat over the death of their son.

A former student at the University of Puerto Rico has been sentenced to more than a year in federal prison after authorities accused him of breaking into women’s Snapchat accounts and sharing their nude images with others

A Russian court has fined TikTok for failing to delete LGBT material in what is the country’s latest crackdown on Big Tech companies.

The Lake County sheriff's office said it is investigating a threat which prompted a lockdown at Beach Park Middle School on Monday.

GRAND BLANC, MI -- Grand Blanc High School student athletes who were recently disciplined for “inappropriate” and “offensive” Snapchat messages will not face criminal charges, according to the Genesee County Prosecutor’s Office. Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton and Grand Blanc Police Chief Brian Lipe made the announcement in a news release on Thursday, Sept. 22. The school district has already taken disciplinary action against the students, a school official confirmed. Grand Blanc Community Schools also released a statement. “We take the duty to maintain a safe environment for all of our students very seriously, including during extracurricular activities.

Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok are racing to copy key features of BeReal, which prompts users to share a candid photo at a random time each day.

On Sunday morning Oxford High School’s school resource officer became aware of a threatening Snapchat, ‘come bring a gun to Oxford school.’

CEO Evan Spiegel said the layoffs are happening because revenue isn't growing as fast as the company predicted.

The parent company of social media platform Snapchat said Wednesday that it is letting go of 20% of its staff as it reorganizes and tries to reduce costs in the face of declining sales.

Snap CEO Evan Spiegel told employees in a memo that the changes were necessary to deal with financial challenges and lower-than-expected growth.

Responding to viral claims online, Instagram says it does not give out users' exact locations.

CNBC's Sofia Pitt used a Snapchat filter that turned her face into Mark Zuckerberg's viral Horizon Worlds metaverse avatar and it felt wrong.

A criminal complaint broke down how a Garden City man used games of “truth or dare” over Snapchat to receive nude images of young girls and then blackmail them with those images to force them to perform sex acts on themselves, siblings, and pets.

A Garden City man will stay behind bars for allegedly producing child pornography, police say.

Illinois residents who use Snapchat may be eligible for payouts of between $58 and $117 in a class-action privacy settlement reached by the app’s parent company, Snap. Inc., this month.

Officials say that a 19-year-old man is in custody and charged for allegedly using the “Truth or Dare” game to trick children into sending nude photos and videos through Snapchat.

Snap is pausing all future development of Pixy, its $230 flying camera drone that was first announced in April.

A woman tells a court footballer Benjamin Mendy boasted of sex with 10,000 women after he raped her.

As concerns about social media’s harmful effects on teens continue to rise, platforms from Snapchat to TikTok to Instagram are bolting on new features designed to make their services safer and more age appropriate.

The new in-app tool will let parents keep a closer eye on their kids – without letting them read private conversations.

The deal has been in the works since early 2021

Bradley Booth, 21, was a teenager when he targeted seven victims in Edinburgh and East Lothian.

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Snap missed Wall Street estimates for sales and disclosed a wider-than-expected loss in its second-quarter earnings report.

President Joe Biden presented the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to 17 dintinguished Americans at the White House Thursday. (July 7)

Though social media platforms like Snapchat have safeguards in place, drug sellers often change their tactics quickly, making them hard to detect.

A Rochester man is accused of meeting a child at a motel in the Traverse City area and exchanging nude pictures over Snapchat, police said.

Before two 18-year old gunmen collectively killed 31 people in two separate shootings in Buffalo, New York and Uvalde, Texas over the last two weeks they turned to a series of up-and-coming social media apps to share troubling messages.

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The boy stabbed the 12-year-old in a row over a Snapchat video in Liverpool city centre.

Social media has had a rough 2022 with lingering questions about advertising spending and a $44 billion takeover of Twitter that may or may not be happening, depending on which Elon Musk tweet you read.

A teenager was lured to an area in Monroe Township over the weekend where two men beat him while a girl recorded the attack and posted it on social media, according to police.

A man is facing charges after police found him in a van with a 14-year-old girl who talked to him on Snapchat and ran away from her home in Oakland County to meet him for the first time.

A man is facing charges after police found him in a van with a 14-year-old girl who talked to him on Snapchat and ran away from her home in Oakland County to meet him for the first time.

A 16-year-old girl is leading a class-action lawsuit against one of the country's most popular apps — claiming its designers have done almost nothing to prevent the sexual exploitation of girls like her.

A Lincoln Park man is facing charges after he exchanged several graphic, sexually explicit Snapchat messages, photos, and videos with a 15-year-old girl, according to officials.

Speaking on "CBS Mornings," Spiegel touted Snap's focus on the "real world" and expressed support for potential new laws regulating the industry.

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Pixy is available as of Thursday in the U.S. and France.

SAGINAW, MI — A Saginaw man is facing 10 criminal charges for allegedly circulating child pornography on Snapchat. On Sept. 15, the Michigan State Police Computer Crimes Unit Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force began investigating a child porn complaint after receiving a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. “Snapchat will report child porn if they suspect a user is uploading it or trading it,” said MSP Detective Jason Bledsoe. Under Michigan statute, for possession of child porn to be considered aggravated, it depicts “a prepubescent child, sadomasochistic abuse or bestiality, or includes a video or more than 100 images.” The charge is a 25-year felony. Those with information regarding possible child sexual exploitation are urged to report it to the CyberTipLine at www.missingkids.org/cybertipline.

Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave discuss new developments in the research of ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19.

A Clemson University admissions counselor was reassigned from her role after calling Republican applicants part of an “oppressive group” in a Snapchat story.

A parent caught everyone in attendance off guard when she used a racial slur and profanity in her public comments during a Grosse Pointe board meeting.

A parent caught everyone in attendance off guard when she used a racial slur and profanity in her public comments during a Grosse Pointe board meeting.

A South Lyon High School student has been charged for a Snapchat threat in which he said it was “time for Columbine part 2,” according to authorities.

Four schools within the Chippewa Valley Schools district have been placed on a temporary external lockdown after a Snapchat threat was discovered, officials said.

A 16-year-old boy admitted he made a threat that Armada schools could be “next” for an attack because he wanted a day off from school, and now he might face charges, according to authorities.

With a click of a mouse or a swipe of a screen you can connect with businesses, family and old friends all over the world -- but with Facebook now under fire, it has people looking at social media differently.

Senators have put executives of YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat on the defensive.

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat … it can be tough to keep all the social media channels straight.

A man who was released on bond in a Livonia case last year was caught coercing minors for pictures on Snapchat, officials said.

A Roseville man is accused of using sexual conversations on Snapchat to lure 14-year-old girls to his home and rape them, according to police.

A significant struggle among parents raising teenagers is not knowing what they’re doing on social media, or how they’re doing it.

FILE - This April 26, 2017, file photo shows the Twitter app icon on a mobile phone in Philadelphia. Twitter is launching tweets that disappear in 24 hours called Fleets globally, echoing social media sites like Snapchat, Facebook and Instagram that already have disappearing posts. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)Shares of social media and other tech companies slid Monday, hit by fallout from the siege on the U.S. Capitol by supporter of President Donald Trump. Trump supporters have argued that the actions of the technology companies is a violation of free speech and Trump has long tried to repeal Section 230. Though Trump's tenure ends in nine days, power in the Senate has flipped to the Democrats who have long begrudged the oversized influence of social media.

Twitter is launching tweets that disappear in 24 hours called “Fleets” globally, echoing social media sites like Snapchat, Facebook and Instagram that already have disappearing posts. Twitter tested the feature in Brazil, Italy, India, and South Korea, before rolling it out globally. Fleets are a “lower pressure” way to communicate “fleeting thoughts” as opposed to permanent tweets, Twitter executives Joshua Harris, design director, and Sam Haveson, product manager, said in a blog post. The news comes the same day Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced questions from a Senate Judiciary Committee about how they handled disinformation surrounding the presidential election. Such features are increasingly popular with social media users looking for smaller groups and and more private chats.

ALLEN PARK, Mich. – A 35-year-old man is charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct after Allen Park police said he met a 12-year-old girl on Snapchat. Allen Park police investigated when the girl’s parents reported her missing on Aug. 19. Hodges, who is HIV positive, is charged with four counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct along with another count involving someone under 13. It began when the girl was chatting on the app with Hodges, who she thought was 19 years old. The relationship started to come out when the girl’s parents reported her missing.

Here’s what’s coming up on Local 4 News at 11:Man charged with sexually abusing 12-year-old girl he met on SnapchatAllen Park police began investigating the relationship between the man and the girl in August.

DETROIT - A Detroit police captain has filed a lawsuit claiming racial discrimination after being demoted over a controversial Snapchat video. Gary Sroka claims he and another white officer were unfairly punished while a black command member was not disciplined. The video in question uploaded by former Officer Gary Steele shows a black woman walking home after having her car was towed with the caption "Black girl magic." Steele was fired in February. Copyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.

A Detroit police captain has filed a lawsuit claiming racial discrimination after being demoted over a controversial Snapchat video. Gary Sroka claims he and another white officer were unfairly... Copyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.

An 11-year-old South Carolina boy drove his brother's car 200 miles to meet a man he met on Snapchat. (CNN) - An 11-year-old boy drove 200 miles across South Carolina to meet a stranger he knew only on Snapchat, the Charleston Police Department said. The child drove from the northwest town of Simpsonville to Charleston. He told the officer early Monday morning he had taken his brother's car to go to Charleston where he wanted to live with "an unknown male he met on Snapchat," police said. Police have launched an investigation into the unknown male, Charleston spokesman Charles Francis told CNN affiliate WCSC.

For National Hispanic Heritage Month, which is underway now through mid-October, the chain restaurant El Pollo Loco -- which has locations in California, Nevada, Arizona, Texas, Utah and Louisiana -- is using augmented reality to bring back some of Los Angeles lost murals, as theyre called. (We are) working with our communities to ensure the legacy of our city's great murals endures through digitally restoring lost murals and donating our storefronts as permanent canvases.So what does that mean, exactly? The website provides a list of where exactly these murals are located in L.A. The campaign is expected to last throughout Hispanic Heritage Month, which ends Oct. 15. [READ NEXT: 5 Instant Pot dishes to make for Hispanic Heritage Month | 10 Spanish-speaking TV shows you should be streaming on Netflix | How did Hispanic Heritage Month come to be? ]

An 11-year-old drove himself more than 200 miles to meet a man hed been talking to on Snapchat. He told the officer hed been driving for three hours already but got lost when the GPS app on his dad's tablet stopped working. Police then contacted the boys father, who was in the middle of reporting the boy missing to police. Authorities said they werent able to identify the man the boy was supposed to be meeting because the Snapchat messages had already disappeared, but they kept the tablet to investigate further. RELATED STORIESVirginia Teen With Carnival Cruise Snapchat Handle Gets His Dream VacationCarnival Cruise Line Offers Boy a Free Cruise in Exchange for His Snapchat NameMale Student Pretends to Be Teen Girl Using Snapchat Filter and Nabs Cop Allegedly Seeking Sex

In the message, McKinney allegedly told him not to come to school. The two suspects are accused of carrying out a mass shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch near Denver in May, killing Kendrick Ray Castillo, 18, and wounding eight others. Following the shooting, Erickson told investigators that McKinney made him do it and tasked him with guarding an exit and telling everyone not to move. Erickson took the two handguns used in the shooting from his parents, according to a law enforcement source. The two students used the middle school entrance because they knew they would be able to get the guns into the school, the affidavit states.

For National Hispanic Heritage Month, which is underway now through mid-October, the chain restaurant El Pollo Loco -- which has locations in California, Nevada, Arizona, Texas, Utah and Louisiana -- is using augmented reality to bring back some of Los Angeles lost murals, as theyre called. (We are) working with our communities to ensure the legacy of our city's great murals endures through digitally restoring lost murals and donating our storefronts as permanent canvases.So what does that mean, exactly? The website provides a list of where exactly these murals are located in L.A. The campaign is expected to last throughout Hispanic Heritage Month, which ends Oct. 15. [READ NEXT: 5 Instant Pot dishes to make for Hispanic Heritage Month | 10 Spanish-speaking TV shows you should be streaming on Netflix | How did Hispanic Heritage Month come to be? ]

Carl Court/Getty ImagesCHARLESTON, S.C. - Police in South Carolina say an 11-year-old boy took his brother's car and drove alone for three hours to meet someone he met on Snapchat. Charleston Police spokesman Charles Francis says the boy pulled up to an officer around 12:30 a.m. Monday and said he was lost. Francis says the boy told the officer he was heading to Charleston from 200 miles (320 kilometers) away in Simpsonville to live with a man he met on Snapchat. But the tablet computer lost the GPS signal and the man's address and he couldn't get it back because the Snapchat message had disappeared. Francis says the tablet computer is being analyzed as the investigation continues.

DETROIT - Here's what is coming up on Local 4 News at 4:Impeachment movementThere is growing pressure to start impeachment proceedings against President Trump. Snapchat controversyA Detroit police officer will not face charges after an investigation into his alleged insults toward a woman in a Shapchat video. Women's conferenceThe Great Lakes Women's Business council has been meeting for two days in Novi. IHOP HalloweenIHOP is offering a Halloween menu based on the classic Addams Family show. Copyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.

MELVINDALE, Mich. - An arrest has been made after a shooting threat against schools in the Melvindale-Northern Allen Park district canceled classes three days this week. The threat against a high school and middle school in the district was made on Snapchat. The Melvindale Police Department didn't provide further details about the arrest or the threat. Copyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. - A Bloomfield Hills High School student allegedly made a threatening Snapchat post, according to BHHS officials. School officials and the Bloomfield Township Police identified the student and investigated the alleged threat Thursday night. The student will remain out of school and off school district property until the investigation is over, according to school officials. Student safety includes the physical and emotional safety of students. Additional resources regarding school safety and security can be found by visiting www.bloomfield.org/safety."