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Court records indicate a Santa Clarita Valley man who worked as a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy is accused of using a Snapchat alias to download multiple pornographic images of children, which ultimately led to his dismissal and criminal charges, according to a court transcript released Tuesday to The Signal.   In his May 7 testimony, Sgt. Roger Ballesteros of the LASD Internal Criminal Investigations Bureau said a detective with the LASD Special Victims Bureau shared a cyber tip Jan. 31, 2020, regarding a sworn deputy and underage pornography being published to the deputy’s personal Snapchat account.   The former deputy’s defense counsel has challenged the merit of Ballesteros’ suspicion of his client on the grounds that the investigator didn’t interview any Snapchat employee about their company policies and procedures, a medical doctor had not confirmed the age of the children in the photos allegedly downloaded and, outside of the original web alert sent to law enforcement, none of the images existed on Scott Rodriguez’s social media account when deputies began to collect evidence last spring.   Encrypted Wi-Fi signal  Before officially handing the case over to Ballesteros and the Internal Criminal Investigations Bureau, Special Victims Unit detectives reportedly conducted a warrant search on the location, finding that the IP address associated with the image downloads was run through an encrypted Wi-Fi signal, where Rodriguez, a K9 handler…

Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later.When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice.A woman strangled another woman before posting sexual images and a video of her on Snapchat. Nicola Jayne Adams attacked the woman in her own home and kicked her down a flight of stairs before later posting the intimate images on the social media app. The 28-year-old left the woman feeling "embarrassed and violated". Adams, of Broadway East, Redcar, appeared at Teesside Crown Court on Monday to be sentenced for assault and disclosing private sexual images without consent. Jemima Stephenson, prosecuting, said an argument broke out between Adams and the woman at an address last year. "The defendant grabbed her by the throat, causing her to fall to the floor", she said. "She leaned over her and continued to strangle her with one hand. "The woman managed to push the defendant off her and ran out of the room. "The defendant ran after her and kicked her in the back, causing her to fall down the stairs." The woman then managed to flee the home and ran to a…

An Adelaide DJ who groomed four teenage girls by sending sexually explicit photos had been accepted to become a police officer like his father when he was arrested, a court has heard.Key points:Nicholas Athans was found guilty in January of procuring children to engage in sexual activityThe court today heard that Athans had been accepted into the SAPOL training academy before his arrestThe prosecutor said the young girls who received images from Athans were "repulsed"Nicholas Emmanuel Athans, 26, used social media platform Snapchat to send photos to four girls aged between 14 and 16 and was found guilty of four counts of procuring a child to engage in sexual activity.Athans was the owner of the business Yeah Hard Entertainment at the time, which organised high school formal after-parties, among other events.He was also a DJ at a number of popular Adelaide nightclubs.Athans initially contacting three of the girls on Facebook Messenger after obtaining their details from an event he was promoting.He then encouraged them to add him on Snapchat, which he then used to send them messages and unidentified nude photographs.The messages included "come here now", "sneak out" and "we should hang … I'll make it worth your while".The court previously heard…

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The announcements span three key areas — Augmented Reality, Developers and Creators Snap Inc. held its third Snap Partner Summit virtually with a keynote address by co-founders Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy, as well as other team members from across the company, announcing new products and partnerships across developer, creator and augmented reality platforms. Rising Star Awards 2021 Entry Deadline - Monday, May 31, 2021 - ENTER NOW This year’s Partner Summit is the most comprehensive look at the company’s long-term vision for its camera— showcasing over a dozen new partnerships and partner-powered innovations that help people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together. These announcements will help deepen Snapchatter engagement across the services, onboard more developers and creators to power experiences its community loves. This ultimately gives business and ad partners new ways to leverage Snapchat, from AR to Maps to Minis, to drive their businesses. A core theme of the summit this year is also ‘utility’ — while these announcements are fun, they also deliver concrete business solutions for the partners, and utility for the community. The announcements span three key areas — Augmented Reality, Developers and Creators. Augmented Reality:…

It seems that Facebook is still taking inspiration from other platforms as it looks to thwart the rapid ascension of TikTok. Last November, Snapchat launched its take on the short-form video trend, called Spotlight, which is a feed of short, TikTok-like video clips that live in a dedicated tab within the Snapchat app. The format is very familiar, and Facebook-owned Instagram already has Reels to cover off on this element. But the key differentiator of Spotlight is the fact that Snap is also paying out $1 million per day to the top Spotlight creators, in order to further boost interest in the option. That's been an effective approach, with Spotlight now being visited by 125 million Snapchatters every month, and some creators making big money from their Spotlight clips. It's been so effective, in fact, that it appears that Instagram is now looking to introduce a similar payment program, with app researcher Alessandro Paluzzi spotting this announcement screen in the back-end code of the app. As you can see here, Instagram appears to be testing a new 'bonuses' program, which would be focused on Reels promotion. As per the first point above, the program would enable users to 'earn bonuses…

MILLIONS of kids are exposed to harmful content online because social media bosses fail to enforce their rules. Youngsters must be at least 13 to use Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, TikTok and Snapchat — or 16 to join WhatsApp. 2Millions of kids are exposed to harmful content on social mediaCredit: Alamy But two in five under-age children already have their own accounts, according to research by Ofcom watchdogs. Digital Secretary Oliver Dowden has fired off a letter to tech firms asking them to tighten up their age verification process or face tough new sanctions. In the letter to the UK chiefs of Facebook, Google, Twitter, TikTok and Snapchat, he writes: “An age limit with no enforcement or checking mechanism is meaningless and risks putting young people at risk.  “I understand that verifying ages of children is more challenging than for adults, but we cannot turn a blind eye to this issue.” He wants them to share information with him about how they check ages — and how it is being enforced. 2Oliver Dowden has sent a warning to tech giantsCredit: The Mega Agency BASHIR UNDER FIREMichael Jackson family blast Bashir for 'hoodwinking' popstar for docExclusiveTOUR BOSS TRAGEDYEx-Duran Duran tour manager…

(CNN)A Black teenager in Fairfield, Connecticut, was the target of a racist Snapchat post allegedly made by a classmate earlier this month, according to the teen's mother and the Fairfield Police Department.Sixteen-year-old Jamar Medor was sitting in his Fairfield Warde High School homeroom on May 7 when a classmate, who is White, allegedly took a Snapchat picture of Medor from behind, circling Medor and writing, "Why is there a n***er in my homeroom?" along with another line that said, "Why is he not in chains?," according to Medor's mother, Judith.Jamar didn't even know about the Snapchat post until a classmate brought it to his attention, his mother told CNN Thursday. After the post was reported to the Fairfield Warde principal, she said Jamar was called into the principal's office where he called her."When I saw the post, I was really in a state of shock," Judith Medor said. "I didn't know what to say, I didn't know where to begin."The Fairfield Police Department arrested the classmate, according to Joseph T. Corradino, State's Attorney for the Judicial District of Fairfield. The Hartford Courant reported that the 16-year-old student accused of making the Snapchat post was charged with breach of peace, and…

WASHINGTON (WPVI) -- A Bucks County, Pennsylvania man has been arrested for his alleged involvement in the January 6 siege of the US Capitol.Authorities confirm to Action News that 19-year-old Leonard Ridge, of Feasterville-Trevose, was taken into custody on Friday.Federal investigators say he posted a number of pictures and videos on the social media platform Snapchat depicting himself and others being tear-gassed as they stormed the Capitol Building.Authorities tracked Ridge down after a classmate spotted the Snapchat videos and alerted the feds.After a search warrant was served, federal investigators obtained numerous conversations Ridge reportedly had with others on the platform before and after the Capitol riot."Yeah just stormed the US capital (sic) for the first time in US history and I was a part of it," Ridge allegedly wrote on January 7 in one message on the social platform. "Yeah man so epic I have a video of me fighting riot police in the capital."In a later conversation, authorities say Ridge posted, "We bro (sic) down McConnells door and nacy pelosios (sic) door and raid the offices."Ridge is being charged with obstructing an official proceeding, restricted building and grounds, and disorderly conduct. Copyright © 2021 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.

An investigation has been launched in response to a Snapchat post showing three Colorado high school students reenacting the murder of George Floyd, Denver Post reports.“Yesterday, we were made aware of a highly-offensive photo taken on school grounds and posted to social media that did not reflect our school’s high standards of respect, character and inclusivity,” Mead High School Principal Rachael Ayers wrote.The photo shows one student in blackface lying on the ground with another kneeling on his neck, and someone else placing a knee on the other person’s back. A spokesperson for the school district said details about its investigation cannot be disclosed.Don Haddad, superintendent for the St. Vrain Valley school district, strongly condemned the “disgusting and disturbing” photo, while promising that this matter will be addressed immediately and accordingly. Floyd’s death created a watershed moment in U.S. history where Americans were forced to reckon with the ongoing reality of systematic racism and police brutality disproportionately impacting Black people.The video of a helpless Floyd repeatedly saying that he couldn’t breathe as convicted former officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for nine minutes and 29 seconds galvanized people around the world to take to the streets in the middle of a pandemic to protest under one simple statement:…