Sex offender used false name on Snapchat to engage with teenagers, court told

A “devious” sex offender who admitted downloading thousands of indecent images of children dumped his mobile phone into a lough in disgust at what he had done, the High Court has been told. William ... Read More

New Mexico Sues Snap for Allegedly Fostering Child Exploitation and Sextortion

New Mexico has filed a lawsuit against Snap, accusing the social media giant of enabling and facilitating child sexual exploitation, sextortion, and trafficking through its popular app, Snapchat. The ... Read More

New Mexico sues Snapchat over sexual predation of minors

Snapchat is a “breeding ground” for predators seeking to collect sexually explicit images of children and extort them, the state of New Mexico argues in a lawsuit. Read More

New Mexico attorney general sues company behind Snapchat alleging child sexual extortion on the site

New Mexico’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit against the company behind Snapchat. He says that the site’s design and policies foster the sharing of child sexual abuse material and facilitate ... Read More

He boasted on social media about paying strangers to take pictures of his children and ex-partner. Now he’s under arrest.

A former Chicago resident who publicly boasted about paying social media followers to take pictures of his children and ex-partner in violation of a restraining order was arrested on fraud charges in ... Read More

US New Mexico sues Snapchat over alleged failure to prevent child sexual exploitation

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed a lawsuit against Snap Inc. (Snap) on Thursday, accusing the company's social media service Snapchat, of failing to protect minors from sexual ... Read More

Phoenix Mercury players pranked by its social media team with old photos of themselves

The Mercury laughed in shock or cringed upon seeing photos of their younger selves' that their social media personnel showed Diana Taurasi and her teammates in the players' tunnel before their 90-77 ... Read More

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

Florida latest to restrict social media for kids as legal battle looms

“You can have a kid in the house safe, seemingly, and then you have predators that can get right in there into your own home,” DeSantis said during a news conference ... and 15. Social media platforms ... Read More