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Sick Snapchat messages sent by a vile ex Coventry hospital boss have been revealed. Child rapist Paul Lipscombe used the platform to lure in underage girls and groom them. The former NHS manager in Coventry admitted 34 offences, including two counts of rape, three sexual assaults and 22 offences of sexual activity or incitement involving a child, relating to six victims aged between 12 and 15. The married executive – described as “devious” and “manipulative” – was seen to raise his eyebrows but remained calm as he was sentenced to a total of 28 years and a month at Leicester Crown Court. Leicestershire Police found more than sickening 17,000 child abuse images on his devices after he was arrested in April last year, LeicestershireLive reported. They also found messages to another paedophile advising him how to meet underage girls online to have sex with. READ MORE: Snapchat child rapist gets 28 years as ex-Coventry hospital boss's vile crimes revealed READ MORE: Police investigation after girl sexually assaulted in Coventry Officers also found on his devices a young girl, who had not been identified, in a "distressed" state as Lipscombe forced her to perform a sex act on him. The girl

Paul Lipscombe, a senior NHS manager from Rothley, Leicestershire, has been sentenced to 28 years in prison after admitting to a shocking series of sexual offences against young girls he groomed on Snapchat. Described by Judge Keith Raynor as "devious, scheming and manipulative," Lipscombe’s crimes have sent shockwaves through the medical community, law enforcement, and the wider public, raising urgent questions about the safety of children on social media platforms and the adequacy of online safeguards. According to Sky News, the 51-year-old, who worked as an associate director of NHS performance in Coventry and earned at least £91,000 a year, pleaded guilty to 34 offences against six girls aged between 12 and 15. The offences, which occurred between September 2023 and April 2024, included two counts of rape of a child under 13, 21 counts of sexual activity with a child, three counts of sexual assault of a child under 13, causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, making indecent photographs of children, and distributing indecent photographs of children. Lipscombe’s predatory campaign began with the creation of multiple Snapchat profiles under fake names such as 'Dom Woodmore' and 'George.' BBC News reported that he used these identities

JAKARTA - Snap Inc. will bring nostalgia to the digital world by bringing back 2D comic-style Bitmoji for Snapchat+ subscribers. So, in the coming days, they will see a new feature called Comic Bitmoji. This feature allows Snapchat+ subscriber users to view all Bitmoji avatars in their applications in 2D images, and send stickers to their friends that reflect the style they choose. "Think of it as a filter for your avatar: the same custom and expression you like, redesigned to remind comic-inspired iconic views," the company wrote in an announcement on its official website. Bitmoji is known as a unique means of self-expression from the start of its appearance. Now, Snap reveals, there are more than 320 million people worldwide who use Bitmoji every day. Even today, Bitmoji has integrated into many ways both inside and outside Snapchat, from profiles and Snap Maps, to AR Lens and stickers in Chat, text, or even email. Along with the development of the digital world and the user community, Bitmoji also evolved. In 2023, Snapchat introduced a Bitmoji 3D avatar with a high level of customization covering various body types, hairstyles, makeup, and facial details such as spots. SEE ALSO: However, in

Snapchat no longer shows someone else’s “Best Friends” list publicly, but users may still want to figure out whom a contact interacts with the most. November 11, 2025 / 13:42 IST 1/5 Use the ‘Find Friends’ sectionOpen Snapchat, tap the profile icon and navigate to “Add Friends”. In the “Find Friends” list, you’ll see suggestions of people based on your contacts or mutual friends. While this does not reveal someone’s official Best Friends list, it can highlight users with whom they likely interact frequently. Scroll through the suggestions: repeated names might signal frequent snaps. 2/5 Monitor through Family CentreSnapchat’s Family Centre lets parents or guardians monitor a minor’s account if added to the system. Within a child’s account (under 18), you can view their list of friends and most-interacted users. Go to Profile → Settings → Privacy Control → Family Centre → Send invite to the child’s account. Once accepted, you get access to their friend list and interaction patterns. 3/5 Look for ‘Mutual Friends’ tagsWhen you view someone’s profile or suggestions in Snapchat, you may see tags like “Mutual Friends”. This indicates that you and the other person share one or more common connections. It won’t tell you exactly

This article discusses suicide and suicidal ideation. If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available. Call or text 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org In September on Capitol Hill, while sitting across from the most recent survivor parents who bravely testified on the horrors unleashed by chatbots resulting in their children’s deaths, I suddenly felt ancient and obsolete.   Five years ago, I lost my 16-year-old son, Carson, to suicide after he was viciously cyberbullied by his high school classmates over Snapchat’s anonymous app, Yolo.  This dangerous product design allowed teens to hurl anonymous insults at a known teen victim.  I, too, testified before Congress in 2023 and strongly advocated for legislation to address this completely unregulated industry, which is harming our children. This marked the beginning of my harrowing journey – repeatedly telling the story of the worst day of my life to an endless list of staff members on Capitol Hill.   My story was told alongside other survivor parents whose children died of sextortion, fentanyl poisoning from drugs marketed, purchased and delivered over Snapchat, deadly online challenges and pro-suicide content fed to vulnerable children over Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. Sometimes, staffers would shed sincere

Social media usage is nuanced and ever-evolving, but don’t let that complexity leave you feeling directionless. For every question that arises as you build your next social strategy, there’s a guidepost to be found in the data on digital behaviors and habits. Comprehensive and reliable data, that is. That’s why, even in the era of information overload, marketers need resources like the Digital 2026: Global Overview Report , featuring over 600 pages of statistics from trusted sources that illuminate how audiences navigate the digital world. Over the past year, there has been no shortage of new developments in the social marketing landscape. Find them all in the Digital 2026 report, but in the meantime, here are three stats that sum up what the social media landscape looks like entering the new year. 72.3% of online audiences use social media for brand research. Social media presence and monitoring can't be an afterthought in 2026. The narrative around your brand on social — whether true or not —  impacts purchase decisions, particularly among high-intent buyers. In fact, 72.3% of internet users aged 16 and older use social media to learn more about products they’re thinking of buying. And while Instagram has the

In just over a month, Australia’s teenagers will wake up, grab their phones and realise that there is no avalanche of Snapchat notifications requiring them to urgently respond to photos of random bits of wall, nor updates about TikTok creators’ latest posts, nor comments on their own posts. Australia’s world-first social media age restrictions kick in on December 10, and anyone who lives with teenagers knows what a huge change to their lives this will represent. Paul Smith edits the technology coverage and has been a leading writer on the sector for 20 years. He covers big tech, business use of tech, the fast-growing Australian tech industry and start-ups, telecommunications and national innovation policy. Connect with Paul on Twitter. Email Paul at psmith@afr.com

Matt Hardy is getting brutally honest about the rough patch he and Jeff Hardy hit in AEW—and why their return to TNA Wrestling may have saved their love for pro wrestling. Speaking on The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy podcast, the veteran tag team legend opened up about the emotional fallout from Jeff Hardy’s past mistake in AEW and how it impacted both of them. “Jeff is locked in. He’s locked in. He’s hyperfocused. But it was still a new concept to him, like, say, a year and a half ago when he first came to TNA. He felt like he was part of the reason our downfall happened in AEW—and to a degree, he was. And you know, that is deserved to a degree. He made a mistake.” Matt didn’t dodge the truth. He admitted that in tag team wrestling, one partner’s mistake often drags down the other. “It affects me—if you have a tag team partner in pro wrestling, it often affects you if your tag team partner makes a mistake. And Jeff felt really, really terrible about that. I mean, he had so much regret about it.” But it was TNA Wrestling that gave them both a

What’s the story? Snap partners with Perplexity in a USD $400M deal to bring conversational AI search to Snapchat. Why it matters The partnership adds real-time, cited AI answers to Snapchat, expanding how users discover and explore information. The bigger picture Snap’s $400M Perplexity deal reinforces its AI and AR alignment as a consumer version of Spectacles near launch in 2026. In Augmented Reality News November 7, 2025 – Snap Inc. , a provider of augmented reality (AR) technology and the company behind Snapchat, and Perplexity , an AI-powered answer engine provider, have this week announced a partnership to bring conversational AI search capabilities to Snapchat. The integration will enable Snapchat’s global user base to access Perplexity’s answer engine directly within the app’s Chat interface. Starting in early 2026, Snapchat users will be able to ask questions and receive conversational answers from Perplexity, with responses sourced from verifiable information. According to Snap, this marks the first large-scale integration of an external AI partner within Snapchat, expanding the AI tools available to the platform’s nearly one billion monthly active users. Snap stated that with over 943 million monthly active users and more than 75% of 13–34-year-olds in over 25 countries using

— A University of Missouri freshman from Overland Park has been charged after police said he strangled another student who blocked him on Snapchat.