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Police are warning parents in Far North Queensland to monitor their children's social media use, after almost two dozen people were charged with child exploitation offences in less than a year.Key points:The charges relate to the making, distribution and sharing of child exploitation material, mostly through social media sites, including Snapchat and FacebookSome of the 23 people charged lived in remote communitiesPolice have warned those sending illicit material that "we are coming for you"The Cairns Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team, which is comprised of Australian Federal Police and Queensland Police, have charged 23 people — mostly locals — with 148 child exploitation offences since the joint agency was established in July last year.Queensland Police Inspector Kevin Goan said the charges related to the making, distribution and sharing of child exploitation material, mostly through social media sites, including Snapchat and Facebook."The large body of offenders have been from within the Far North," Inspector Goan said."The key messages that we have here, is that parents need to be aware of what their children are up to online, if they become aware of something that is of concern, they should come to police."Australian Federal Police Commander Hilda Sirec said the rate of child exploitation offences being committed…

05/12/2021 9:06 p.m. Justin Davidson Photo Credit: Kearny Police A 20-year-old Kearny who used social media to solicit sexually-explicit photos from local residents including several teen girls was arrested and found with child porn, authorities said.An investigation began in June 2020 based on numerous public social media posts alleging several residents had been subjected to harassment or sexually-objectionable behavior by a man later identified as Justin T. Davidson, Police Chief George King said. The investigation uncovered many instances in which Davidson contacted victims through Instagram and Snapchat, and arranged to receive sexually explicit images of them, King said.Warrants were issued on May 12 charging Davidson with the following offenses:Against a 19-year-old female victim: criminal sexual contact in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:14-3b, a fourth-degree crime; lewdness in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:14-4a, a disorderly persons offense; and cyber harassment in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:33-4.1, a fourth-degree crime.Against a 15-year-old female victim: endangering the welfare of a child in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4b(3), a first-degree crime; and endangering the welfare of a child in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4a(2), a third-degree crime. Against a 16-year-old female victim: endangering the welfare of a child in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4b(3), a first-degree crime; and endangering the welfare…

Skip to main contentBridgeport, CTWestport, CTTrumbull, CTStratford, CTWeston-Redding-Easton, CTNorwalk, CTWilton, CTMonroe, CTMilford, CTNew Canaan, CTConnecticutTop National NewsSee All CommunitiesFAIRFIELD, CT — Two Fairfield siblings have twice in the same week been targets of racist attacks, according to their mother.Judith Medor said that the weekend after her son, Jamar, was the subject of a racist Snapchat post, Jamar's brother, Jake, received a video call from several Fairfield Ludlowe High School students, who called him a racial slur. "I don't know what to say, I'm speechless," Judith said. "I have no idea what they're being taught at home."Find out what's happening in Fairfield with free, real-time updates from Patch.Jamar is a sophomore at Fairfield Warde High School and Jake is a freshman. "I don't know what's going to happen next," said Judith, whose sons are Black. "It's just a constant worry, a fear to me right now."Find out what's happening in Fairfield with free, real-time updates from Patch.The student who created the Snapchat post took a picture of Jamar without his knowledge and overlaid it with text that included a racial slur. Jamar did not know the poster, his mother said. A 16-year-old boy was arrested in connection with the incident and…

LAKE OSWEGO, OR (KPTV) - A Lake Oswego mother’s legal effort to hold social media companies accountable for online bullying and teen suicide has prompted Snapchat to make some big changes, FOX 12 exclusively learned on Tuesday.A 73-page class action lawsuit against Snapchat, YOLO and LMK was filed Monday on behalf of Kristin Bride and the Tyler Clementi Foundation. The latter is a national organization dedicated to stopping online bullying and harassment. Bride’s 16-year-old son, Carson Bride, took his own life in June of 2020 after enduring months of online bullying, said the lawsuit.In an email, a Snapchat spokeswoman told FOX 12, “In light of the serious allegations raised by the lawsuit, and out of an abundance of caution for the safety of the Snapchat community, we are suspending both YOLO and LMK’s Snap Kit integration while we investigate these claims.”The suspension is just one of many demands outlined in the lawsuit that was filed in federal court in California. Image: KPTV According to court documents, Bride also seeks financial compensation and other claims for “strict liability, negligence, fraudulent misrepresentation, negligent misrepresentation, and violations of consumer protection laws” by the apps.According to the lawsuit, Snapchat, YOLO and LMK don’t do enough…

Skip to main contentBridgeport, CTWestport, CTTrumbull, CTStratford, CTWeston-Redding-Easton, CTNorwalk, CTWilton, CTMonroe, CTMilford, CTNew Canaan, CTConnecticutTop National NewsSee All CommunitiesFAIRFIELD, CT — Judith Medor was at work Friday when she got a text from her teenage son, Jamar, asking if they could talk.This was unusual, so she called right away, only to find he was in the principal's office. But he wasn't in trouble. Instead, Judith learned that a classmate of Jamar's at Fairfield Warde High School had taken a picture of Jamar, who is Black, without his knowledge and posted it on Snapchat, overlaid with text that included a racial slur. "I was very disturbed by it," Judith said.Since the incident Friday, school and law enforcement officials have taken action. A 16-year-old boy has been arrested and charged with second-degree breach of peace and ridicule on account of creed, religion, color, denomination, nationality or race, according to police. While Fairfield Public Schools Director of Communications Andrea Clark said the school district does not disclose disciplinary action taken against students, Medor said she was told the student behind the post was suspended for 10 days and that a hearing will be held to determine if he will be expelled."I want that…

With Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month now underway, Snapchat has shared some new research into how its users are planning to mark the event, and also, what they expect from brands and other organizations in regards to showing their support for API communities. The API community has been subjected to increased tension in recent months, with race-based violence on the rise. That makes the event this year even more important, and Snapchatters are looking to use it as a prompt to increase their understanding of the key issues at play. As explained by Snapchat: "We found from many Snapchatters a desire to educate themselves about API communities, and see brands commit to fighting racial discrimination publicly. Nearly 3 in 5 Snapchatters say brands have a responsibility to condemn racism, hate, and discrimination." The brand element here is significant, and is obviously an important note for businesses that are active in the app. Indeed, Snapchatters expect that brands will be looking to use their voice to show solidarity with API communities. "According to Snapchatters in Canada (46%) and the US (39%), the most important step brands can take during Asian Pacific Islander Heritage month is to speak out against anti-Asian hate crimes.…

Snapchat is looking to foster inclusion by redesigning its camera to capture a broader range of skin tones. Axios' chief technology correspondent Ina Fried joins CBSN's Elaine Quijano to explain the this new technology and how it could change the camera app landscape.

Christopher Walker, Wichita Falls Times Record News Published 2:20 p.m. CT May 9, 2021 CLOSEA suspect in the Studio E Nightclub shooting is behind bars on money laundering charges.According to the police report:On Mar. 25, members of the Wichita Falls Gang Task Force saw Kingston Russell and another person commit a traffic violation. During the traffic stop officers found marijuana, marijuana “blunts,” a digital scale and a brown paper bag containing a large sum of money. Russell told them he did not have a job and the money was given to him by his “baby mama.”Officers knew Russell sells marijuana and have seen it posted on his social media account. Police believed the money was from the sales and seized it. Their report noted the $5,400 was in denominations commonly used in small narcotic sales. They also discovered he had been arrested five times in the past four years for marijuana offenses, one involving a firearm.On the day of his arrest, officers obtained video from Russell’s Snapchat account of him attempting to sell the same type of individual marijuana “blunts” the officers seized from him. More: Pair arrested in shooting face new drug chargesRussell’s Snapchat stated, “Today only deals on anything you…

Sarah Fraisou has just reacted to the fact that Ahmed has just returned the scooter she had given him for her birthday. We tell you more about it here. We have finally learned why Sarah Fraisou and Ahmed were still married despite their separation. And what is sure that the pretty brunette does not want to hear from him anymore. She recently said: “We’re really closing this episode. I don’t want those kinds of questions like ‘Do you plan to get back with it?’ No! No on both sides. No, no, no, no! ‘We never get back together’. Just stop. There is no longer a couple. Even though I respect him, even though he’s someone I loved, even though he was my husband, I don’t want to hear from him anymore. “ Despite everything, she has just reacted to the fact that he gave her back the scooter she had given him for her birthday … Sarah explains herself – Credit (s): Snapchat sarah.fraisou “The question that everyone is asking: yes, Ahmed returned the Tmax, because you spoke so much that it disgusted him. And the bike was in my name”, has explained Sarah Fraisou on his Snapchat account. while…

Get a room — or just wait till class ends. A New York City high school Spanish teacher is in hot water for sucking on a companion’s nipple as students watched on a video Zoom class. Amanda Fletcher, a 14-year veteran teacher started fooling around in full view of her Columbia Secondary School students during a class last September, a Department of Education report said. “While she was supposed to be teaching a class, Fletcher ... engaged in a clearly inappropriate and unprofessional act,” Anastasia Coleman, a top schools investigations official, said in the Oct. 29 Special Commissioner of Investigation for the New York City School District report. Video clips captured by her students showed Fletcher “rocked her head back and forth” as she sucked on the unidentified companion’s nipple, then “gyrated her shoulders and smiled,” the report said. Fletcher, 37, then returned to teaching and helped students complete a worksheet. Before the funny business on Sept. 30 - about two weeks after city schools resumed for remote learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic - students could see Fletcher scarfing spaghetti and her shirtless companion walk around in the background for several minutes. Spanish teacher Amanda Fletcher, was caught on video…