With TikTok’s U.S. shutdown looming, the platform has warned of an imminent blackout on January 19 due to a lack of clarity from the Biden Administration and the Department of Justice.

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.

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.

When social media personality Alex Choi saw the raging wildfire in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Pacific Palisades, he grabbed his camera and dirt bike and went to document the devastation. His video capturing fire-engulfed homes,

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.

Police in Amsterdam are investigating dozens of reports of teenagers who are being blackmailed via social media platform Snapchat. The victims are told they have “bothered” someone and that they will have to “pay a fine”.

Snap, the owners of social media app Snapchat, has been referred to the Department of Justice because of allegedly causing "risks and harms" to young users

A gang of youths who stabbed, punched and kicked a teenager in a transphobic attack after luring her to Harrow Leisure Centre under the pretence of going to a roller disco have been jailed. The 18-year-old transgender victim was stabbed nine times after she was dragged to the floor by the mask-wearing gang and was subjected to transphobic slurs.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Thursday it has referred to the Justice Department a complaint against Snap Inc that alleges its messaging app Snapchat used an artificial-intelligence chatbot that harmed young users.

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.

As some political leaders and others direct blame at people and/or policies as wildfires ravage Los Angeles, Snapchat and its CEO are setting a different example.

Creators star in videos promoting Snapchat as their app of choice in a Snap campaign that coincides with TikTok’s troubles in the U.S.