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Picture this: you begin scrolling on your phone after a long day of classes. You skim through stories on Snapchat, posts on Instagram, rants and dialogues on Twitter and miscellaneous videos on TikTok. Then, you look up and realize it’s dark outside.  It seems like you’ve been mindlessly scrolling for minutes when in reality, you’ve been scrolling for hours. In those hours, you’ve scrolled past Kylie Jenner’s baby bump selfie, Rami Malek hosting Saturday Night Live, the Taliban’s rise to power and updated vaccine information.  If this sounds like something you’ve experienced, don’t be alarmed. Many people are doing the same thing at this very moment.  In fact, I used to be one of those people, until one day all of that information started to get a little overwhelming. Those fun pictures posted by friends, celebrities and people who I don’t even know started to make me feel inadequate about my lifestyle and who I was as a person. I paid less attention to daily news and put a magnifying glass on what specific people were doing, and how they looked doing it. That’s when I decided to take the scary leap.  Yes, I currently don’t have social media juggernauts…

Daily Active Users increased 23% year-over-year to 306 millionRevenue increased 57% year-over-year to $1,067 millionNet loss improved 64% and Adjusted EBITDA improved 209% year-over-yearSANTA MONICA, Calif., October 21, 2021--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Snap Inc. (NYSE: SNAP) today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2021.Financial HighlightsRevenue increased 57% to $1,067 million in Q3 2021, compared to the prior year.Net loss improved 64% to $(72) million in Q3 2021, compared to the prior year.Adjusted EBITDA improved 209% to $174 million in Q3 2021, compared to the prior year.Operating cash flow was $72 million in Q3 2021, compared to $(55) million in the prior year.Free Cash Flow was $52 million in Q3 2021, compared to $(70) million in the prior year.Common shares outstanding plus shares underlying stock-based awards totaled 1,698 million at September 30, 2021, compared to 1,624 million one year ago."Snap celebrated its 10th anniversary this quarter, and we are excited about the long-term opportunity and potential for our business, as we grew our community to 306 million daily active users, and grew our revenue 57% year-over-year to reach $1.067 billion for the quarter," said Evan Spiegel, CEO. "We’re now operating at the scale necessary to navigate significant headwinds, including changes to…

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.