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Published  June 24, 2026 9:38 PM EDT article FILE - The Snapchat app displays on a mobile phone with Snap Inc. in the background. (Photo by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images) The parents of a girl who was raped by an adult she met on Snapchat when she was 12 years old are suing the app’s parent company and their daughter's attacker.  Dig deeper: The lawsuit was filed in a Missouri state court on Wednesday and claimed the social media company refused to disable dangerous features in its app or warn parents about potential harms it could cause.  12-year-old met 25-year-old man on Snapchat Timeline: The victim began using Snapchat in 2021 when she was 11 years old without her parents’ knowledge, according to the lawsuit. The app usually requires users to be 13 in order to sign up, but the victim couldn’t remember what birth date she used to bypass the minimum age requirements.  A year after signing up for Snapchat, the app allegedly recommended the victim, as well as other minors from nearby high schools, as friends to Gabriel Joel Valentin-Rios, an adult who was also using the app at the time.  Valentin-Rios had no real-life connections with

The parents of a girl who was raped when she was 12 years old by an adult stranger she met on Snapchat have sued its parent company, Snap, and the attacker in Missouri state court. The lawsuit filed Wednesday claims the social media company has refused to disable dangerous features in its app or warn parents about potential harms it may cause. According to the lawsuit, the girl began using Snapchat in 2021 when she was 11 without her parents' knowledge. While the app requires users to be 13 to sign up, the lawsuit says the girl does not remember what birth date she entered and that children knew they could easily bypass the minimum-age requirement. About a year after she began using Snapchat, the lawsuit says the app recommended her and teen girls from nearby high schools as friends to defendant Gabriel Joel Valentin-Rios, an adult who had no real-life connections to them. It did not warn the children that connecting to strangers might be dangerous. After the girl and Valentin-Rios connected, Valentin-Rios began sending her unsolicited nude photographs, the lawsuit says. The girl "did not want these photographs and, at first, did not reciprocate but Snapchat’s product design

The family of a teen girl alleges Snapchat's features enabled a 25-year-old to groom and abuse her. Photo: Aap Image/AAP PHOTOS The parents of a girl who was raped when she was 12 by an adult stranger she met on Snapchat have sued its parent company, Snap, and the attacker in Missouri state court. Subscribe now for unlimited access. or signup to continue reading EOFY SAVE 50% All articles from our website & app The digital version of Today's Paper Crosswords, Sudoku and Trivia The lawsuit filed on Wednesday claims the social media company has refused to disable dangerous features in its app or warn parents about potential harms it may cause. According to the lawsuit, the girl began using Snapchat in 2021 when she was 11 without her parents' knowledge. While the app requires users to be 13 to sign up, the lawsuit says the girl does not remember what birth date she entered and that children knew they could easily bypass the minimum-age requirement. About a year after she began using Snapchat, the lawsuit says the app recommended her and teen girls from nearby high schools as friends to defendant Gabriel Joel Valentin-Rios, an adult who had no

SAN FRANCISCO — Outside the visitors’ clubhouse in Miami this past Sunday, in front of the temporary backdrop the Giants’ PR department hauls with them on the road, I was struck by a sense of déjà vu. There was Tony Vitello, giving almost an identical answer to a similar question I had asked a little over a month earlier. How, as a first-year manager, would he hold to account one of his highly paid, highly prideful Giants veteran leader’s very publicly misbehaving? Giants manager Tony Vitello and Rafael Devers discussed Sunday’s incident on the flight back from Miami. Getty Images What Rafael Devers did in the ninth inning of the loss to the Marlins was a little different than Willy Adames’ embarrassing act in Los Angeles. You can debate the merits for which was worse: Paying more attention to a conversation with Mookie Betts than the number of outs, or trying to shoo away a teammate and at least giving the perception of undermining his manager. In neither case did it set the example a team should want from two of its most important players,  » Read More

By BARBARA ORTUTAY Posted 6/24/26 The parents of a girl who was raped when she was 12 years old by an adult stranger she met on Snapchat have sued its parent company, Snap, and the attacker in Missouri state court. The lawsuit … This item is available in full to subscribers. Attention subscribers We have recently launched a new and improved website. To continue reading, you will need to either log into your subscriber account, or purchase a new subscription. If you are a digital subscriber with an active subscription, then you already have an account here. Just reset your password if you've not yet logged in to your account on this new site. If you are a current print subscriber, you can set up a free website account by clicking here. Otherwise, click here to view your options for subscribing. Please log in to continue Need an account? Print and web subscribers If you're a print and web subscriber, but do not yet have an online account, click here to create one. Non-subscribers Click here to see your options for becoming a subscriber.

A Twitch streamer, Snowcone, has stated that Kai Cenat’s “Streamer University” can do more for a creator’s life than Harvard University. He notes that a few Harvard alumni have become top streamers. On a livestream video, Snowcone was very straightforward when talking. “I’m not gonna lie, chat, this isn’t even a hot take,” she said. “Streaming university will do more for your life than getting into Harvard will. I’m serious. This is not a clip for him. Streamer University has more opportunity to change your life than getting into Harvard. I’m deadass. I’m actually so serious.” She further explains that she hasn’t come across any Harvard graduate who has blown up as a top streamer. “Like, I’ve never, bro, I’ve never seen someone blow up from going to Harvard,” she said. “I’m gonna just be honest. I’m gonna just be honest. I’ve never seen someone become a top streamer from going to Harvard. Streaming at university does more for you than going to a school like Harvard.” She further adds the price, stating that the tuition at Harvard is around $400,000. “Not only that, but going to Harvard costs like 400k,” she said. “Let’s just erase the money, bro. That’s

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Crown Prosecution Service Kwame Yeboah travelled hundreds of miles from his home in Reading to meet the victim A pilot who travelled hundreds of miles to meet and rape a 12-year-old girl he met on Instagram has been jailed. Kwame Yeboah, 30, first made contact with the child in late 2025. She initially told him she was 17 and he travelled from his home in Reading to Wirral, Merseyside, in February. The Crown Prosecution Service said it would have been "obvious" to Yeboah, a UK national and British Airways employee, "that was a very young child". Yeboah pleaded guilty to rape and sexual assault and was sentenced to eight years and four months in jail. He was also given a 15-year restraining order. Yeboah had been working for British Airways since 2023 as a First Officer, according to his LinkedIn profile. He also spent more than 17 years playing basketball and refereeing at Basketball England. After he first messaged the victim, the court heard Yeboah sent the girl intimate pictures of himself and the conversations became increasingly sexual. He called her about twice a week, making her believe she was important to him and that he cared about

Digital An adjective frequently trotted out to describe the current media landscape is “fractured”. It denotes the glut of options available for consumers, ranging from good ol’ broadcast television and cable ... An adjective frequently trotted out to describe the current media landscape is “fractured”. It denotes the glut of options available for consumers, ranging from good ol’ broadcast television and cable ... Sign up now to access the latest unscripted and non-fiction entertainment news. Subscribe now Already a subscriber? Sign in here About The Author Barry Walsh is editor-in-chief and content director for Realscreen, and has served as editor of the publication since 2009. With a career in entertainment media that spans two decades, prior to Realscreen, he held the associate editor post for now defunct sister publication Boards, which focused on the advertising and commercial production industries. Before Boards, he served as editor of Canadian Music Network, a weekly music industry trade, and as music editor for HMV.com. As content director, he also oversees the development of content for the brand's market-leading events, the Realscreen Summit and Realscreen West, as well as new content initiatives.

Semiconductor manufacturing requires a rigorous level of environmental control. Inside Intel's Oregon operation, a single stray particle can destroy a chip. Specialized suits, filtered airflow, controlled lighting, and constant cleaning protect a process that has become increasingly important to US technology and national strategy. Business Insider got rare access to see what it takes to manufacture advanced chips in America, and why rebuilding domestic production is far more complicated than simply opening more factories, Olivia Nemec reports. Watch full video: https://lnkd.in/gCSbCBWF More from this author Explore content categories