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A WOMAN found out her boyfriend was cheating on her and revealed the exact sign that gave him away. The TikTok user took to the app to share how she called her boyfriend and demanded to see his Snapchat account to get the truth. 2TikTok user Kenzie Curran explained how she found out her boyfriend was cheatingCredit: TikTok/keepinupwkenz 2She said she tried to force him to reveal his Snapchat account to herCredit: TikTok/keepinupwkenz Kenzie Curran posted a video under the username @keepinupwkenz to share her personal experience and opened by telling exactly how she found out her "boyfriend of two years" cheated on her. "I promise if you use this, you will find out if your boyfriend's cheating on you no matter what," Curran said in the video with almost 3million views. "One hundred percent it's literally guaranteed." She then explained that she connected on a video call at night to make sure that he was home. "This is very important because you have to make sure they can sit down and not have any distractions." She then said that she asked him to prop his phone up a distance away before asking for the password to his Snapchat account.…

Sarah Tew/CNET TikTok, the short-form video app and social media platform, might be under scrutiny by a pair of US government agencies concerning its handling of child sexual abuse materials, according to a report Friday by the Financial Times. Both the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice are investigating TikTok, the report said.An anonymous source told the FT that the US Department of Justice is reviewing how a specific TikTok privacy feature is being exploited by predators. "It is a perfect place for predators to meet, groom and engage children," Erin Burke, unit chief of the child exploitation investigations unit at Homeland Security's cybercrime division, told the publication.When asked about the report, TikTok told CNET over email, "We're not aware of any of the government investigations as alleged by the Financial Times, but TikTok has a zero tolerance policy on CSAM. Upon reading this story, we reached out to HSI to begin a dialogue and discuss opportunities to work together on our shared mission of ending child sexual exploitation online -- just as we regularly engage with law enforcement agencies across the country on this crucial topic."The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to CNET's…

Happy Saturday, neighbors! Here's everything you need to know about what's happening in Five Towns today. First, today's weather: A passing afternoon shower. High: 61 Low: 43.Find out what's happening in Five Townswith free, real-time updates from Patch. Here are the top three stories in Five Towns today: A video posted to Snapchat, attributed to a member of the Division High School varsity baseball team, is filled with profanities toward the Valley Stream North team. (Patch)A man robbed a Valley Stream gas station at gunpoint Thursday night. Police said the man walked into the BP station at 85 North Central Ave. around 10:30 p.m. and displayed a handgun. (Patch)Hewlett-Woodmere Little League's spring season started Sunday, a week late. The league plays at Grant Park in Hewlett and North Woodmere Park. (LI Herald) Today in Five Towns:Find out what's happening in Five Townswith free, real-time updates from Patch. First Night of Passover From my notebook: The Village of Valley Stream adopted its budget for the fiscal year beginning June 1 on Monday. The board unanimously passed the resolution. (LI Herald)Steven Orich, 67, is a Valley Stream native and Grammy-winning composer for the Broadway hit "Jersey Boys." He visited the Henry Waldinger…

Would you like to hazard a guess on how much time global users – that is, those outside China – spend on this one app in a month? Answer is found below The rampaging rise of TikTok is continuing to confound Facebook (now renamed Meta) as China’s  wildly popular short-video sharing app looks set to overtake both Twitter and Snapchat this year. It’s even been predicted  that Tik Tok could overtake Google’s YouTube. According to a report in The Guardian on April 9, “Last year it overtook the global ad take of Snapchat.” This achievement comes in spite of being banned in huge markets like India. It is predicted that it is likely to triple its global ad revenues to USD$11.6 billion, more than USD$10.44 for Snapchat and Twitter combined. Owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, it wa launched in 2017. Statistics by data.ai show that an average Tik Tok user spends 19.6 hours per month on average on the app, which is the same amount as Facebook users. Facebook continues to see its growth stunted as Gen Zs and millennials move away from it. Currently Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook has 2.9 billion monthly users and Instagram has nearly two billion users which…

Snapchat has added a new Dynamic Stories feature after unveiling the new ASL Language Lens for all of its customers. Consumers will now be able to see news and other noteworthy items in the Discover stream thanks to the new functionality. In other words, Snapchat will make Stories using the online material produced by authorized media organizations and artists. The functionality is currently being evaluated in a small number of nations.“We always have felt a profound obligation to emphasize information & news that is trustworthy and comes from reputable and clear sources,” said Team Snap in their official press release. Snap claims “using Dynamic Stories – the novel Discover format leverages a partner’s RSS Feed and dynamically produce Stories from the material a publishers is currently publishing on the web,” to add to that. Users will be able to stay up to speed on the latest global news with all these Snap Stories, which will be updated in real-time.Snapchat is introducing a new feature that will allow users to get a brief summary of the most recent news Testing of the Dynamic Stories functionality is now taking place in four countries: India (France), the United States, and the United Kingdom.…

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - A wrongful death lawsuit in the suicide of a 17-year-old Wisconsin boy was filed Tuesday, which alleges that the companies who run Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat knowingly sold social media products that are designed to be addictive to minors and cause harmful results. Social Media Victims Law Center (SMVLC) filed the lawsuit against Meta Platforms, Inc. and Snap, Inc. in the death of 17-year-old Christopher J. “CJ” Dawley. The Salem-native was an honor student who was involved in many extra-curricular activities up until 2012 when he joined Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat, according to SMVLC.In two years’ time, the law firm claims Dawley became addicted to the platforms which caused issues including sleep deprivation and body image issues. After developing a pain in his legs in 2014, the law firm states that Dawley decided to kill himself due to the belief that body was permanently deficient.The teen’s parents, Chris and Donna Dawley, said that while no amount of money could ever compensate them, they are hoping that their actions will hold the social media platforms accountable.“If our effort to hold these companies responsible for exposing kids to their deadly products prevents even one family from experiencing the…

Whether you’re ready to fully ghost the platform or deactivate your account for a bit, follow along for how to delete Snapchat on iPhone. If you’re ready to part ways with Snapchat, the service makes it easy to do with an option to delete your account right in the iOS app’s settings. We’ll discuss more details below but when you delete your account it will go into a deactivation mode for 30 days – with the option to change your mind – and be fully deleted after 60 days. How to delete Snapchat on iPhone Open Snapchat on your iPhone Tap your profile icon in the top left corner Now choose the gear icon in the top right Swipe down to the bottom and tap Delete Account Follow the prompts to finish deleting Snapchat Here’s how the process looks: Delete Snapchat from the web If you don’t have your iPhone handy, you can also delete Snapchat by heading to its delete account page here. Log in with your account and follow the prompts. Delete Snapchat details Once you delete Snapchat your account will be deactivated for 30 days. During that window, friends won’t be able to “contact or interact” with…

The news: TikTok has supplanted Snapchat as the favorite social media app of US teens, with Facebook and Twitter lingering far behind, according to Piper Sandler’s “Taking Stock With Teens” survey.More on this: TikTok’s popularity with teens (and advertisers) is climbing, and though platforms have come for its lunch with short-form video products of their own, it’s still a dominant force in social media.Thirty-three percent of respondents said TikTok was their favorite social media app, surpassing Snapchat (31%) for the first time. But popularity doesn’t tell the whole story: Despite TikTok’s popularity and influence on culture, Instagram still led engagement with 89% of respondents saying they used it at least once per month, followed by Snap at 84% and TikTok at 80%.TikTok’s popularity, along with its push toward in-app shopping and social commerce, is helping drive its ad revenues far above its competitors. The app’s global ad revenues will triple to $11.64 billion in 2022, more than both Snapchat and Twitter combined, according to our inaugural TikTok ad revenue forecast. Over half of those revenues will come from the US.Meanwhile, Facebook and Twitter’s problems attracting young users persist. Only 31% of respondents said they use Facebook at least once per…

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) -A Clifton man is behind bars, facing multiple counts of internet luring of a child among other charges.The Mesa County Sheriff’s Office says 19-year-old Devin Maestas is accused of using Snapchat to send explicit messages, solicit sexual acts and even offer drugs to children as young as 10-years-old.Maestas faces eight counts of internet luring of a child, 19 counts of soliciting for prostitution among other charges. Those other charges include:Distribution of schedule 1/11 drugs to a minor.Contributing to the Delinquency of a Mino.1st Degree Criminal Trespass of an Auto.Theft less than $50.00 from an Auto.Resisting Arrest.ObstructionMaestas was arrested and booked into the Mesa County Detention Facility.Copyright 2022 KKCO. All rights reserved.

• TikTok was named the world’s fastest-growing brand by a report published in January A new report by research firm Insider Intelligence has shown that TikTok advertisement revenue is likely to triple in 2022 to more than US$11 billion. This means that the video sharing social media platform is expected to exceed the combined sales of Twitter Inc and Snap Inc (SNAP.N).Twitter is expected to generate US$5.58 billion and Snapchat is expected to generate US$4.86 billion in advertising revenue for 2022.“TikTok’s user base has exploded in the past couple of years, and the amount of time users spend on the app is extraordinary,” said Debra Aho Williamson, analyst at Insider Intelligence.TikTok was named the world’s fastest-growing brand by another new report published in January. With an impressive 215% growth, the entertainment app’s brand value has increased from US$18.7 billion in 2021 to US$59.0 billion this year. Claiming 18th spot among the world’s top 500 most valuable brands, it is the highest new entrant to the Brand Finance Global 500 2022 ranking.Overall, media brands account for the top 3 fastest-growing brands in the ranking – with another social media app Snapchat (brand value up 184% to US$6.6 billion) and South Korean…