Snapchat favored by child predators who use ‘sextortion’ to get explicit images of minors: lawsuit

Raul Torrez, New Mexico’s state attorney general, announced legal action against Snapchat parent company Snap following a months-long investigation. Read More

Scammers are using pictures of your home to amplify sextortion threats

A new sextortion scam (a form of financial coercion in which bad actors threaten to release personal, explicit images to the public) leverages publicly accessible geomapping data (read: images of your ... Read More

Pa. man charged after firing 13 shots at woman in road rage incident

A Pennsylvania man is facing attempted murder charges for ... a western suburb of Philadelphia, as a woman in her 40s was driving a white Jeep Cherokee with her 10-year-old nephew. Read More

CBS News Philadelphia brings DNC coverage to social media with focus on battleground Pennsylvania

and our CBS News Philadelphia team is covering this historic four-day event in a new way by primarily using their cell phones and meeting viewers where they already are — on their social media ... Read More

'Malicious' social media user charged after riots

A man has been charged with alleged malicious communications ... the investigation "followed the posting of material on a social media site and was connected with the ongoing national tensions". Read More

Stop spreading fake news on social media | PennLive letters

This seems like yet another fake news conspiracy item without any credibility ... silly enough to believe it or worse still to use social media to spread stories like this? If you purchase ... Read More

Mother divides social media as she reveals her son has been charged £1,200 for wrongly using his expired £30 railcard...so who do YOU think is in the wrong?

A mother has divided social media after she revealed that her son has been charged £1,200 for wrongly using his expired £30 railcard for a year. The mother posted her story to the Reddit page r ... Read More

Man charged after social media communication with child under 13

A Cambridge man has been charged by OPP in Huron County as ... was communicating with a victim under the age of 13, using a social media site. Police were able to identify the suspect, a 27 ... Read More

Fake Profiles, Real Scams: How Social Media Is Duping Travelers

UK holidaymakers have been warned that an ongoing scam could turn their airline queries into a financial scam, thanks to the use of fake social media accounts. And it could be happening in the US too. Read More

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Meta’s latest round of account takedowns includes a fake political group that ran dozens of dummy accounts in an attempt ... On Friday, the social media platform announced that replies can ... Read More

Shin Bet says Iran once again using fake social media accounts to try and recruit Israeli spies

The post Shin Bet says Iran once again using fake social media accounts to try and recruit Israeli spies appeared first on The Times of Israel. Never miss important Israel stories - get the free ... Read More

Social media: Disinformation expert offers three safety tips in a time of fake news and dodgy influencers

A range of risks Videos and testimonials shared on social media platforms can help spread the word about events far beyond a single geographical area. Take, for example, the police killing of ... Read More