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The student told the court the teacher (40s) ‘drew up a contract about taking my virginity’ Messages involved the description of ‘disgusting acts’ and would arrive at ‘all hours of the night’ Harassment came to light when the teacher bought the teen an iPhone that was delivered to his home Married teacher bombarded 16-year-old student with 250,000 messages after becoming obsessed with teen A married male teacher who developed a sexual obsession with his 16-year-old student bombarded him with 250,000 Snapchat messages over a seven-month period. A sentencing hearing at a Western Circuit Criminal Court was told the harassment of the teenager escalated to the point the boy made several attempts to take his own life.

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Published on: Oct 30, 2025 12:00 pm IST On October 20, Amazon Web Services faced a major outage that affected platforms including Snapchat, McDonald's, Venmo, Fortnite, Disney+ and others. Days after a major outage of cloud computing, Amazon Web Services, another widespread disruption hit Microsoft's Azure and AWS late on Wednesday, which affected dozens of websites and apps. The root cause of the outage was a Domain Name System (DNS) error at AWS's Northern Virginia data centre.(Reuters/Representational Image) The glitch was linked to Azure's global content delivery network and its Front Door services, due to which users were unable to access Microsoft 365, Minecraft, Outlook and other services for hours. Microsoft Azure outage The Microsoft Azure outage that hit on Wednesday significantly impacted the Eastern United States, where difficulties were said to have started at approximately 4 p.m. UTC (9:30 pm). In a statement, Microsoft said that the DNS problems caused the troubles, later adding that things have started to recover. At one point, over 18,000 users reported issues in accessing Azure, as per the outage reporting website Downdetector. Microsoft also came forward to acknowledge the problem, stating that the recent configuration change triggered the outage. On October 20, Amazon

Tania Omotayo the ex girlfriend of music star Wizkid has responded to a Snapchat user who mistakenly sent her gossip to her. The Snapchat user, had mistakenly sent a message about her meant for another person to her. In the message, the user had boldly stated that the influencer and entrepreneur was on Ozempic. Reacting to it, Tania made him know that she isn’t in Ozempic and has been honest about her weight loss. According to her, she has a whole video on her TikTok about her weight loss. The mother of two admonished them to stop spreading nonsense. “Oops. You mistakenly sent the chat to me Hun. And no, I’m not on Ozempic. I’ve never hidden how I lost weight. There’s a whole video on my TikTok. Let’s not spread the nonsense please. God bless”. For the past few years, many celebrities have been hopping on the new trend of losing weight and debuting a slimmer look. In April, fans of beloved actress Mercy Johnson had expressed concern for her over her slimmer look. The movie star shared a video on her Instagram page promoting her slim tea brand, which didn’t sit well with her fans, who flooded her comment section. BBNaija Tacha made headlines as she debuted a trimmed look

People attend a winter food festival in Canberra, Australia, on June 24, 2023. (Photo by Chu Chen/Xinhua) CANBERRA, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- Social media companies TikTok, Meta and Snap told the Australian parliament on Tuesday that they will comply with the nation's world-first social media ban for under-16s. Under laws passed by the Australian government in 2024, children younger than 16 will be blocked from holding accounts on social media platforms from Dec. 10, 2025. Addressing a senate inquiry on Tuesday, executives from TikTok parent company ByteDance, Snapchat owner Snap and Meta, parent company of Facebook and Instagram, said they would comply with the ban and start deactivating children's accounts once the law takes effect. Jennifer Stout, Snap's senior vice president of global policy, told the inquiry via video link that the company would comply despite its opposition to the law. Snapchat and the Google-owned YouTube had previously argued that they are not social media platforms and should be exempt from the ban. Stout said on Tuesday that the ban could drive teenagers towards other messaging services that lack Snapchat's safety and privacy protections. "We will comply with the law, even though we believe it has been unevenly applied," she

Instagram owner Meta and other social media firms say they will comply with a ban on users under the age of 16, adding that they will start deactivating accounts once the law takes effect on December 10. In parliament on Tuesday, Meta, TikTok owner ByteDance and Snapchat owner Snap said they continued to believe the ban would not protect young people, but they would soon reach out to owners of more than a million underage accounts to prepare them for the change. Their comments represented a shift in the social media industry's response to the law, which is being watched by politicians around the world as concern grows about youth mental health. In parliament on Tuesday, Meta, TikTok owner ByteDance and Snapchat owner Snap said they continued to believe the ban would not protect young people, but they would soon reach out to owners of more than a million underage accounts to prepare them for the change. (Getty) Under the Australian law, platforms must take "reasonable steps" to block users aged less than 16 or face a fine of up to $49.5 million. The platforms previously argued that the ban would drive young people to more dangerous corners of the

International tech giants Meta, TikTok and Snapchat announced on Tuesday that they will comply with Australia's under-16 social media ban, once it takes effect on 10 December. Australia's Parliament approved the law, which requires social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok to remove users under 16. Tech companies could face fines up to $32.5 million for non-compliance. Although the platforms agreed to abide by the law, they warned that the landmark law could prove difficult to enforce and raised concerns about imposing such a law, AFP reported. What are the difficulties? Snapchat, ByteDance's TikTok and Meta (the parent company of Facebook and Instagram) said the ban would be hard to police, but confirmed they would comply with the regulations. Meta's policy director, Mia Garlick, said the firm was still solving “numerous challenges,” including identifying and removing hundreds of thousands of users under 16 by the 10 December deadline. However, she also said the process is difficult and poses “significant new engineering and age assurance challenges.” TikTok's Australia policy lead, Ella Woods-Joyce, was present in the Senate hearing on Tuesday. She commented, “TikTok will comply with the law and meet our legislative obligations.” However, the short video platform

Australia’s parliament approved the new law, which now requires platforms like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat to actively remove underage accounts. Australian under-16 teens will no longer be able to access the popular social media platforms, unless they turn 16. Global tech behemoths Meta, TikTok, and Snap (Snapchat) have announced they will comply with Australia’s landmark legislation banning social media access for users under the age of 16. The new law will take effect from December 10. Australia’s parliament approved the new law, which now requires platforms like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat to actively remove underage accounts. Non-compliant firms will face severe penalties, with fines potentially reaching up to AUD 49.5 million (approximately $32.5 million USD). Meta, TikTok, Snap will follow rules but… Despite agreeing to abide by the government mandate, all three companies have expressed significant concerns on the practical enforcement and potential consequences of the new “blunt” age restriction. Meta’s policy director, Mia Garlick, acknowledged the company is grappling with “numerous challenges,” including the complex engineering and age assurance hurdles, which will be necessary to identify and deactivate hundreds of thousands of underage accounts before the deadline. Similarly, TikTok’s Australia policy lead, Ella Woods-Joyce, stated, “TikTok will

Illegal nicotine products and substances such as cannabis, opioids, and cocaine are sold on several social media platforms popular among young people. A mapping by Analyse & Tal for advisory platform netstof.dk found 1,341 profiles on Snapchat, Reddit, and TikTok indicating sales of drugs or illegal nicotine products. This sale is accompanied by effective communication strategies, with young people encountering attractive ads and profiles selling puff bars and drugs. The study discovered 829 Snapchat profiles offering cocaine and cannabis, 66 TikTok profiles suggesting puff bar sales, and 446 Reddit profiles for a broader range of drugs. Interviews with 21 young Danes revealed unsolicited drug exposure and strategies to retain buyers. Snapchat claims proactive monitoring to identify and immediately sanction such accounts. Reddit and TikTok have not yet responded. 137,606,333 DKK were collected during TV 2’s charity show “Knæk cancer – et show for sagen,” marking the end of “Knæk cancer”-week. This year’s collection exceeded last year’s total of 132.7 million DKK, though it was shy of the 2021 record of 169.9 million. The live show took place at the Royal Stage in Hillerød, Full version of this article is only available to subscribers. Already a subscriber, sign in here:

News By TooFab Staff | 10/26/2025 11:27 AM PT Authorities believe the middle school science teacher was involved in the inappropriate communications via text messaging and Snapchat from June 2024 until October 2025. A 45-year-old teacher from Hackettstown, New Jersey, has been arrested after allegations of "alleged inappropriate behavior by a teacher" with a former student, 13, were made earlier this month. Lorri A. Willis was charged on October 20, 2025 with one count of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child and one count of second-degree luring, according to a press release from the Morris County Prosecutor's Office. Underage Student Claims Teacher Exposed Herself In Video Chat From Shower: Police View Story She has been suspended by the Black River Middle School in Chester Township, New Jersey, where she was employed as a science teacher, per the release. Investigators determined that Willis allegedly sent "sexual and suggestive text messages" to the child through text and via Snapchat from June 2024 to October 2025, with those alleged communications beginning after the student left her class, according to Shore News Network . The alleged victim spoke with police in Chester and reportedly told them that at one point she sent a