Jun. 23—A guilty plea has garnered a 23-year-old man a 10-year federal prison sentence after an attempted armed kidnapping at Waterrock Knob on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Evan William Blankenship pled guilty to possession and discharge of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence while other charges against him were dismissed as part […]
SACRAMENTO, California — Snapchat’s parent company agreed to a $15 million settlement on Wednesday following a three-year investigation into allegations of discrimination, retaliation and sexual harassment by its female employees. The probe, conducted by the California Civil Rights Department, found that Snap Inc. — the tech firm behind the popular social media app — failed […]
After a Franklin County jury watched 90 Snapchat videos, more than 70 of which showed the brutal beating of a man, the man responsible for the assault decided Thursday morning to plead guilty to all of the murder charges against him before the trial was finished. The Common Pleas Court jury in the case had […]
A 24-year-old Fond du Lac County man has been charged in the February death of a 93-year-old retired priest struck by a pickup truck while crossing a Wauwatosa street. Clay Schueffner of St. Cloud was viewing a Snapchat video at the time of the crash that killed Father David H. Gau on Feb. 9, court […]
This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255). A South Carolina mother is suing Snapchat after her 13-year-old son died by suicide last year. The family says young Timothy Barnett took his own life April 6, […]
Apr. 29—A Vandalia man is facing more than three dozen child sexual abuse material charges after the Internet Crimes Against Children task force tipped off local police. Cal J. Miller, 27, was indicted Monday in the Montgomery County Common Pleas court on 17 counts of pandering sexually-oriented material involving a minor and 21 counts of […]
HILLSDALE — Authorities arrested an unidentified 15-year-old student of Hillsdale High School Wednesday, April 3, for a threat to the school discovered on Snapchat. The Michigan State Police Operations Center in Lansing received credible information from the Federal Bureau of Investigations Wednesday regarding a tip they had received about the Snapchat post. The information was […]
Mar. 21—A Middletown man already facing local charges for allegedly making and posting sexual videos in which a toddler are shown is now facing facing federal indictment for sexually exploiting a toddler. Federal prosecutors allege Daveion Wright shared the sexually explicit conduct on Snapchat. A federal grand jury returned the indictment against Wright, on Wednesday […]
WINNSBORO, Texas (KETK) – Child safety advocates and local law enforcement agencies hosted a safety event on Wednesday to address the dangers the internet can pose to children. Texarkana PD: Man arrested after investigation reveals suggestive messages with minors “We kind of stopped teaching stranger danger because we don’t realize the stranger is now in […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A former Portland resident was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Tuesday after he sexually abused multiple children, including recording and photographing the abuse and posting the content to Snapchat. On Oct. 5, 2023, Rolando Benitez, 30, pleaded guilty to a three-count criminal information charging him with two counts of […]
Snap Inc. (NYSE:SNAP) versus Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) was always something of a David versus Goliath story. Meta, formally Facebook, was founded in 2004 while Mark Zuckerberg attended Harvard University, seven years before Evan Spiegel’s Snapchat was started at Stanford University. Through the years, Meta has consistently looked to fend off up-and-coming rivals through any […]
The owner of Snapchat is cutting about 10% of its worldwide workforce, or about 530 employees, the latest tech company to announce layoffs. Snap said in a regulatory filing that it currently estimates 55 million dollars (£44 million) to 75 million dollars (£60 million) in charges, mostly for severance and related costs. It expects the […]