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Letcher County teacher convicted of producing Child Pornography, Cyberstalking

LONDON, Ky. (WYMT) - A Letcher County teacher was convicted of producing child pornography and cyberstalking a student by a federal jury on Wednesday.48-year-old Charles Evans Hall Jr. was convicted following 30 minutes of deliberation after a three-day trial. He had previously been convicted by a Letcher County grand jury.According to evidence presented at the trial, Hall had convinced a student to create a secret Snapchat account before forcing the child to send sexually explicit pictures and videos over a seven-month period.After Kentucky State Police took Hall’s phone on November 20, 2018, he would continue to talk to the child over Instagram to ask the child to destroy evidence, threatening her if she refused. This resulted in an additional cyberstalking charge.Even after being arrested on November 30, 2018, he continued to communicate with a co-conspirator via his cellmate to continue the cyberstalking campaign on Facebook where he asked the child to make another statement clearing him of all charges. He also used his mother’s account to replay messages to the victim.Hall will appear for sentencing on February 22, 2022. He faces a maximum of 35 years in prison.Copyright 2021 WYMT. All rights reserved.

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Google's new Pixel 6 phone can open Snapchat in just two taps

Snap Inc. is teaming up with Alphabet Inc.’s Google to let owners of the new Pixel 6 phone use its ephemeral photo-sharing app Snapchat with just two taps, its latest attempt to strengthen ties with hardware devices. Dubbed “Quick Tap to Snap,” the new feature will enable users to tap the back of the device twice to open the Snapchat camera directly from the lock screen. Users will have to authenticate before sending photos or videos to a friend or their personal Stories page.  Subscribe to Ad Age now for award-winning news and insight. Snap Chief Executive Officer Evan Spiegel said during a Google presentation Tuesday that he hopes the new feature will allow users to capture the most fleeting of moments. “For Snapchatters, speed matters,” Spiegel said. “Billions of Snaps are created every day, and our community wants to be ready to Snap everyday moments, as they happen.”  Snapchat’s Pixel service will also include extra augmented-reality lenses and integrate some Google features, like live translation in the chat feature, according to the company. Snap, whose social network is popular among people under 25, has been making deals with other companies to expand the use of its augmented reality. In…

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New study reveals that 71% of parents in Saudi Arabia are on…

(MENAFN- Mid-East.Info) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Snapchat is not only the platform of choice of Millennial and Gen Z audiences in Saudi Arabia, but also incredibly popular amongst parents, according to a recent study by Snap Inc. conducted with Kantar. Snapchat already has a monthly addressable reach of 19.5 million in the Kingdom and is the platform of choice for many Saudi's. The study has found that 71% of parents in Saudi Arabia now use Snapchat, and that advertising on the platform plays an influential role in their purchasing decisions. The findings suggest that Snapchat encourages responsible conversations among family members on their purchase decisions. Among these parents, almost 9 in 10 feel positive about the advertising they see on Snapchat across product categories, and over 80% state that this advertising influences their purchase decisions. Accordingly, more than 9 in 10 take action after seeing an ad that interests them. This is inclusive of clicking on an ad directly, reading product reviews online, or asking friends and family members. Snapchat parents are also quite democratic in including other family members when making purchasing decisions. A majority of Snapchat parents claim that their children influence their purchase decisions in some way, and…

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