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Social media offers parents more controls. But do they help?

As concerns about social media’s harmful effects on teens continue to rise, platforms from Snapchat to TikTok to Instagram are bolting on new features designed to make their services safer and more age appropriate

The Independent UK

County Durham pervert sent naked pictures of himself to decoy 13-year-old girl on Snapchat

Anthony Lightfoot, 41, began sending sexual messages to what he believed was a 13-year-old girl called Holly

Chronicle Live

Tech & Science Daily: WhatsApp’s new avoid your friends feature

Plus, how the UK heatwave is causing farms to struggle

Evening Standard

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Snapchat lets parents see WHO their children are speaking to - but there is a catch

Approved adults can now keep a beady eye on their children and check which friends they are talking to and who they have been messaging as part of a new safety feature

Daily Mirror

Benzinga Before The Bell: Tesla's China Sales Plunge, Snap Rolls Out Parental Control Features, White House Unaware of Raid On Trump's Mar-a-Lago And Other Top Financial Stories Tuesday, August 9

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Benzinga

WhatsApp opens the door to silent exits from annoying groups

App spares users the embarrassment of a blanket notification as part of series of updates over coming month

The Guardian - UK

Snapchat introduces Family Centre tool to boost child safety

The new safety tool will only work if the parent and child are 'friends' on the app

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Snapchat's new parental controls try to mimic real-life parenting, minus the hovering

Snapchat's Family Center lets parents see whom their teen is contacting, but not their messages. Parents can also confidentially report accounts that concern them, without their child's knowledge.

WEKU

Police issue warning over Snapchat update which allows people to see your house number and exact address

Wales Online

Best Zoom alternatives for video calling

These are the best Zoom alternatives for making work or personal video calls.

Tom’s Guide

Oh boy! ‘Why I’m only dating younger men from now on’

Younger men are having a cultural moment, with Cher now revealing she’s dating a man 40 years younger — our writer Lucy Holden is already a convert, and here’s why

Evening Standard

Influencers in revolt — is the Instagram bubble finally about to burst?

Instagram’s bid to compete with its younger rival TikTok has led to a major backlash and a crisis of confidence at the Silicon Valley behemoth. Could a new focus on London revive the fortunes of the ailing platform? Giulia Crouch talks to Meta insiders

Evening Standard

Big Brother star Hughie Maughan says he is 'far from wealthy' despite massive social media following

Hughie, who is from Dublin, was on series 17 of the Channel 5 show when he was just 21-years-old

Dublin Live

Time to BeReal: The minimalistic app challenging the conventions of social media

Unlike its social media rivals, BeReal has no followers, likes, hashtags or filters – and interestingly, not an influencer in sight.

The New Daily

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Sisters describe sex abuse at Raleigh school. Did headmaster aid and abet?

A 14-year-old student was in a building known as the pottery shack at the Montessori School of Raleigh’s middle school campus. Also in the room was Nick Smith, a beloved and gregarious math teacher who students nicknamed “Senior.”

Evening Standard

Snapchat sex predator jailed for attacking young girl on train

A sex predator who groomed a young girl on Snapchat before sexually assaulting her on a train has been jailed for four years.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Fines WhatsApp, Snapchat Owner over Data Storage Violations

A Russian court on Thursday fined Meta Platforms Inc's WhatsApp messenger and Snapchat owner Snap Inc for an alleged refusal to store the data of Russian users domestically, news agencies reported. Moscow has clashed with Big Tech over content, censorship, data and local representation in disputes that have escalated since…

WEKU

Facebook's parent company reports a drop in revenue for the first time ever

CEO Mark Zuckerberg says Meta will slow hiring and tighten its budget. Soaring inflation, interest rate hikes and other economic woes have affected the digital advertising the company depends on.

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Zenger

Teen Hacked Into Women’s Snapchat Accounts And Used Nude Photos To Blackmail Their Friends

Detectives found fake PayPal accounts with fictional personal details and email accounts tied to the victims’ names.

Evening Standard

The battle to make Instagram, well, Instagram again

Instagram has bowed to pressure from users (including Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian) and has reversed its video-first strategy . What’s been going on, asks Amy Francombe?

Asharq Al-Awsat

Google-parent Alphabet's Profit Slips as Growth Slows

Google-parent Alphabet reported Tuesday its profit and revenue slipped as the internet giant's long sizzling ad revenue growth cooled, but the market seemed relieved the news wasn't worse. Big tech firms are grappling with multiple problems, from inflation to the war in Ukraine, and results in general for the quarter…

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Kylie Jenner Is Out Here Complaining About IG’s Update That Didn’t Go So Well For Snapchat

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Wales Online

Teenager hacked into women's Snapchat accounts and used nude photos as blackmail

Jasin Bushi, 18, is now starting a prison term

Evening Standard

Teenage hacker jailed over Snapchat blackmail plot to leak nude pictures of women

A teenager who hacked Snapchat accounts and threatened to post nude pictures of women online in a “cruel” money-making scheme has been jailed for two years.

ABC News

Kylie Jenner among thousands of Instagram users criticising social media giant for 'trying to be TikTok'

An online petition demanding to "make Instagram Instagram again" has received tens of thousands of signatures, as users voice their frustration with changes made to the social media app.

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