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Marc Noonan violently raped and sexually abused three girls after befriending them on social media platforms including Snapchat and TikTokMarc Noonan(Image: Merseyside Police)A paedophile's teenage victim turned detective and found the "missing piece of the puzzle" which saw him jailed for life. Marc Noonan, who was already a previously convicted sex offender, groomed his "young and naïve" victims online via platforms such as TikTok and Snapchat.He then went on to violently rape two of the teenagers and told the third "I don’t care, I’ll do what I want" as she begged him to stop. A judge labelled him "every parent's worst nightmare" and a "predator lurking online" who would have continued to exploit further victims had he not been caught.A trial at Liverpool Crown Court heard that Noonan had an "overbearing, abusive and violent nature" towards "young, naïve and vulnerable girls", whom he first contacted via social media before grooming into sexual activity. The 27-year-old, formerly of Fenwick Street in Liverpool city centre, was previously handed a sexual harm prevention order in 2023 after he was found to have downloaded a collection of indecent images of children and extreme pornographic images depicting acts of rape.But Steven Ball, prosecuting, described how

This combination of photos from 2017 to 2022 shows the logos of Facebook, YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat on mobile devices. (AP Photo, File) A federal judge permanently struck down an Ohio law on Thursday that would have required children and teens under 16 to get parental consent to use social media apps. U.S. District Court Judge Algenon Marbley’s decision came in a lawsuit filed by NetChoice, a trade group representing TikTok, Snapchat, Meta and other major tech companies. The organization’s complaint argued that the law unconstitutionally impedes free speech and is overly broad and vague. The state contends the law is needed to protect children from the harms of social media. Marbley said that the state’s effort, while laudable, went too far. “This court finds, however, that the Act as drafted fails to pass constitutional muster and is constitutionally infirm,” he wrote, adding that even the government’s “most noble entreaties to protect its citizenry” must abide by the U.S. Constitution. Bethany McCorkle, a spokesperson for Republican Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, said, “We’re reviewing the decision and will determine the next steps.” The law was originally set to take effect Jan. 15, 2024, but Marbley placed an immediate hold on

by Jordan StevensonFri, April 18th 2025 at 11:36 AMJose Quinones (Credit: Johnson County Sheriff's Office).Authorities in Johnson County arrested a man who's accused of sending sexually explicit material to a teenager over Snapchat. According to the Johnson County Sheriff's Office (JCSO), 23-year-old Jose Quinones was arrested by the U.S. Marshal's Fugitive Task Force on Wednesday in Douglas, Ga., in an investigation that began on Dec. 11, 2024. MIDDLE GEORGIA CRIME | Georgia AG: 11 Dublin gang members convicted in 114-count indictment for violent crimesJCSO said Quinones used Snapchat to send sexually explicit videos and pictures to a 13-year-old girl between November and December 2024. Quinones also allegedly asked for similar videos and pictures from the victim during that time. Quinones was charged with electronically furnishing obscene material to a minor and enticing a child for indecent purposes. Sheriff Greg Rowland included a statement regarding cases of this nature. "I hope this arrest sends a loud and clear message: the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office has a ZERO-tolerance policy for exploitation of children," said Sheriff Rowland. "We will continue to work diligently to stop these predators. Johnson County is a great community and we will work relentlessly to ensure that it remains

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SAGINAW, MI — From the witness stand, a teenage girl read aloud explicit messages she received on Snapchat, detailing in graphic detail how the sender wanted to have sex with her. The lewd message, and others like it, were allegedly sent by the teen’s former teacher at Birch Run High School.The teen was a few sentences into the lengthy text before the presiding judge cut her off, saying it wasn’t necessary for her to read the whole thing. Sitting across the courtroom from her was the educator she claimed sent the messages, 27-year-old Alex J. Helm. He is charged with two counts each of distributing sexually explicit material to minors and using a computer to commit a crime. The charges are two- and four-year felonies, respectively.The 17-year-old girl testified during Helm’s preliminary examination, held Wednesday, April 16, before Saginaw County District Judge Terry L. Clark. She recalled first meeting Helm at the beginning of the 2024-25 school year, when he was a long-term substitute teacher of her zoology class at the high school. He also worked for the school district as a football and basketball coach.Saginaw County Assistant Prosecutor Brook Kozlowski asked the teen what their relationship was like.“It was

U.S. District Court Judge Algenon Marbley's decision came in a lawsuit filed by NetChoice, a trade group representing TikTok, Snapchat, Meta and other ...

Edgar Cervantes / Android AuthorityTL;DR An Android Authority teardown has revealed that WhatsApp could get screenshot detection for the status feature. This comes over a decade after Snapchat first introduced screenshot detection for its stories. There’s no sign just yet that WhatsApp will actually tell users when someone takes a screenshot of their status. WhatsApp has offered the status feature for a while now, following in Snapchat‘s footsteps. Now, it looks like the Meta-owned platform might be copying another Snapchat feature. You're reading an Authority Insights story on Android Authority. Discover Authority Insights for more exclusive reports, app teardowns, leaks, and in-depth tech coverage you won't find anywhere else. An APK teardown helps predict features that may arrive on a service in the future based on work-in-progress code. However, it is possible that such predicted features may not make it to a public release.We conducted a teardown of WhatsApp for Android (version 2.25.12.19) and discovered that screenshot detection is coming to statuses. We were also able to enable the feature, as seen in the screenshot below.AssembleDebug / Android AuthorityAndroid 14 implemented a screenshot detection API in 2023, so it’s not a surprise to see apps adopting this functionality. However, this wouldn’t

A Lorton man will spend most of the next two decades in federal prison after coercing young girls to create and send him sexually explicit content on social media. Jose Alejandro Belmonte Cardozo, who pleaded guilty in November to one count of transporting child pornography, was sentenced to 18 years in federal prison yesterday (Tuesday) by a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The 31-year-old Belmonte Cardozo collected more than 1,000 images and videos of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) across five different devices, many of which were sent via Snapchat and saved locally, federal prosecutors said. The content, which was collected over three years until Belmonte Cardozo’s arrest in May 2024, was discovered after he went through customs inspection at Dulles International Airport. Returning to the U.S. from Colombia, Belmonte Cardozo voluntarily provided the passcodes for his two cell phones to Customs and Border Protection agents, who discovered multiple sexually explicit videos, according to an affidavit. “When I escorted Belmonte out of Dulles, he made a spontaneous statement that he was sorry for what he had on his phone and that we had to look at ‘that stuff’ on his iPhone,” Homeland Security special

Photo by Thought Catalog / Unsplash We all know that Snapchat deletes messages every 24 hours by default, but there's more to managing your chat history than meets the eye. Most people are aware that you can clear a chat from the chat feed, but did you know that this isn't the same as clearing the entire conversation? When you clear a chat from the feed, it simply removes it from view, but the conversation remains intact. If the person sends you another message, the chat reappears with all the previous messages still there. However, when you clear the conversation, you're deleting everything in the chat, making it a more thorough cleanup. Until recently, I wasn't even aware of this feature, but once I discovered it, I realized how useful it could be for decluttering and saving space on my device. Let's dive into how you can clear entire conversations in Snapchat.Step 1: Open the Snapchat app on your device. Navigate to the Profile screen by tapping on your profile icon in the top-left cornerStep 2: In the Profile screen, tap the Settings buttonStep 3: Scroll down in the settings menu and select "Clear Data" under the Privacy Controls sectionStep

WINONA, Minn. — An Oronoco man is facing charges nearly three years after a two-vehicle crash resulted in the death of a Winona man .Eric Arthur Wittlief, 22, was charged on April 11 in Winona County with one count of criminal vehicular homicide. Wittlief's first appearance is scheduled for May 14.According to the criminal complaint, the crash occurred around 2:45 p.m. Aug. 9, 2021, on U.S. Highway 14.When law enforcement arrived at the crash, Wittlief, who drove a white Ford Ranger, was unconscious and injured near his jaw and hand. Minnesota State Patrol troopers investigated Wittlief's truck and noticed his cellphone vibrated several times. Deputies unlocked the phone, which was on the floor of his truck, which showed GPS directions to Winona, indicating that he was traveling east. Text messages revealed that he messaged someone working in Ettrick, Wisconsin, at 1:27 p.m. saying he was running behind and his drive would take about two hours.Inside the other vehicle, a woman was driving and her husband was in the front passenger seat. After the crash, the woman told deputies the couple was driving to their home in Stockton, Minnesota, when the truck crossed the center line of the road. The woman