After Snapchat removed Nikita Bier’s last app from its platform, he built a competitor. Last week, app growth guru Nikita Bier debuted his newest app, Explode, on X. One video showed the ghost from Snapchat’s logo blowing up,

A Brookline man was charged Thursday after federal authorities said he recruited a 15-year-old to make and send him child sex abuse material. Scott Cunha, 24, was charged with the production of child pornography,

A Massachusetts man is accused of recruiting children as young as 10 years old to produce and send him child pornography, according to the U.S. Attorney.

Alex Choi, who loves documenting situations for social media and says millions of people have viewed his video of the Palisades Fire on Snap Chat and Instagram, walks along an empty beach near the Palisades Fire, in Los Angeles California, U.S. January 19, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Blake

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Guy R. McCann II, 29, of North Bergen, was arrested on Tuesday after he allegedly tried to meet up with the child a second time, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office said. He is charged with sexual assault, attempted sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child, resisting arrest and criminal mischief.

Authorities say the student was arrested at his home in Baxter early Thursday morning. Superintendent Peter Grant said the threat was vague in the social media video but the district had to react and police acted swiftly.

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.

Clayton Hackling of Lyme, charged with manslaughter in a fatal Connecticut boat crash, was operating the vessel intoxicated, an arrest warrant said.

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.

Reports of digital extortion targeting teenagers in Amsterdam have increased significantly, with new incidents emerging in multiple neighborhoods, police confirmed this week. Authorities continue to warn against paying the extortionists and are urging victims to come forward.

The Commission said that Snapchat's My AI feature presented 'risks and harms to young users of the application,' while Snap says that the complaint 'is based on inaccuracies, and lacks concrete evidence.