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A trainee nurse was on Snapchat seconds before she hit and killed a beloved mother with her car in a horror crash. Rumeesa Ahmed, 27, was travelling home from a night shift on the A647 at Stanningley Road on February 22, 2023, when she hit Athira Anilkumar Laly Kumari. Leeds Crown Court heard on Friday, April 25 there was evidence that Ahmed, of Princeville Street in Bradford, had used Snapchat around 39 seconds before hitting Ms Kumari, who was crossing the dual carriageway at the time. Prosecutor Jessica Strange said Ahmed was also travelling 20mph over the 40mph speed limit before hitting Ms Kumari, and then hit a man who was stood at a bus stop. She said: "It was just before 8.30am and the deceased was crossing the road at the pedestrian crossing...She collided with her and then the car veered off the road and collided with a bus stop where a man had been waiting. A forensic collision investigator prepared a report and the report's conclusion was that it was the defendant's standard of driving that caused the collision." It was said Ms Kumari - who had left her husband and one-year-old daughter at home in India

Photo: stockcam / iStock Unreleased / Getty ImagesFLORIDA - Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has filed a lawsuit against Snap Inc., claiming the company is violating a new state law designed to limit social media access for children under 16. The legal complaint, filed in Santa Rosa County, alleges that Snapchat is providing accounts to users under age 14 and failing to obtain parental consent for those aged 14 and 15, actions that allegedly breach House Bill 3, passed in 2024. The law prohibits children under 14 from creating social media accounts and requires parental approval for teens aged 14 and 15. Although the law does not name specific platforms, it applies to those that include addictive elements such as algorithms, content feeds, and disappearing messages. The lawsuit asserts that Snapchat’s push notifications and disappearing content qualify it under the statute. According to the filing, Snap allegedly continues to allow minors to join the app without proper age verification or parental consent, which the state argues amounts to deceptive trade practices under Florida law. The complaint seeks penalties of up to $50,000 per violation and a court order to halt the company’s alleged noncompliance. Snap Inc. has not publicly responded.

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Florida’s preferred chat box. Photo by inni w on Unsplash Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has filed a lawsuit alleging that the operator of Snapchat is violating a high-profile 2024 law aimed at keeping children off some social-media platforms. The lawsuit, filed Monday in Santa Rosa County circuit court, came after a federal judge last month rejected a request by tech-industry groups for an injunction to block the law. In a federal-court filing Monday, attorneys for the state said Uthmeier “expects that additional investigations and enforcement actions will commence soon.” The law (HB 3) seeks to prevent children under age 16 from opening social-media accounts on platforms that meet certain criteria — though it would allow parents to give consent for 14- and 15-year-olds to have accounts. Children under 14 could not open accounts. Supporters of the law have said it targets addictive features of social-media platforms — a key argument in the lawsuit that Uthmeier filed Monday against Snap Inc., which operates Snapchat. “Despite being subject to HB 3, Snap contracts with and provides accounts to Florida users who it knows are younger than 14,” the lawsuit said. “It also fails to seek parental consent before contracting with and

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed a lawsuit accusing Snapchat’s operator of illegally marketing addictive design features to minors.  Under a 2024 Florida law, HB 3, social media platforms that use “addictive features” are prohibited from providing accounts to children 13 or younger and must restrict access to 14 and 15-year-olds. Snapchat utilizes several of these “addictive” features that “exploit” minors, Uthmeier alleged, including infinite scrolling, push notifications, certain personal interactive metrics such as SnapStreaks, and auto-play videos. Uthmeier argued that Snap, Inc. had violated the law by “market Snapchat in Florida as safe for users as young as 13.”  “Despite being subject to HB 3, Snap contracts with and provides accounts to Florida users who it knows are younger than 14,” read the lawsuit filed Monday in Santa Rosa County circuit court. “It also fails to seek parental consent before contracting with and providing accounts to Florida users who it knows are 14 or 15 years old. Snap is openly and knowingly violating HB 3, and each violation constitutes an unfair and deceptive trade practice under FDUTPA .” In a statement on Tuesday, Uthmeier accused Snapchat of “deceiving Florida

April 22, 2025Washington, DC, United StatesChild Exploitation ALEXANDRIA, Va. — An investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement led to the sentencing of Jose Alejandro Belmonte Cardozo, 31, to 18 years in prison for sexually exploiting minors through a popular social media platform.“Those who exploit and harm children will be held fully accountable,” said ICE Homeland Security Investigations Washington D.C. acting Special Agent in Charge Christopher Heck. “Individuals who produce child sexual abuse material prey on the most vulnerable members of our communities and there is no place for them in a safe society. Today, one less predator is on the streets, which means there’s one less victim tomorrow. HSI D.C. will continue to work tirelessly in its efforts to prosecute child predators and ensure they are sent to federal prison.”According to court documents, between at least May 1, 2021, and May 8, 2024, Belmonte Cardoza used Snapchat to find minor girls and entice them to send him child sexual abuse material. Belmonte Cardoza created different Snapchat accounts depending on the scheme he used to obtain child sexual abuse material from the minors.According to investigation documents, Belmonte Cardozo used a particular Snapchat account to catfish two 15-year-old girls, convincing

Cleveland Guardians’ Jose Ramirez, right, watches his three-run home run off New York Yankees starting pitcher Clarke Schmidt with catcher Austin Wells, center, and umpire Nick Mahrley, left, during the third inning of a baseball game in Cleveland, Monday, April 21, 2025. AP Photo | Phil Long CLEVELAND — José Ramírez hit a three-run homer and Kyle Manzardo went deep on the next pitch in the third inning, helping the Cleveland Guardians beat the American League-leading New York Yankees 6-4 on Monday night. Ramírez and Manzardo both cleared the fence in right off Clarke Schmidt (0-1), who gave up five runs in four innings. Manzardo has homered in three straight games and has a team-high seven. Cleveland led 6-0 before Jasson Domínguez hit a two-run homer in the seventh and Jazz Chisholm Jr., who had been in a 1-for-18 slide, had a two-run drive in the eighth. The Yankees went 0 for 5 with runners in scoring position. New York, playing Cleveland for the first time since winning last year’s AL Championship Series, lost for the second time in eight games. Aaron Judge extended his on-base streak to 19 games, going 1 of 4 with a walk, but struck out

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WARNING: DISTRESSING VIDEO. Sofia Todd's mum Eleonora Paluzzi said the horror attack in Paisley earlier this month left her daughter traumatised, with a video capturing her brutal beating15:33, 21 Apr 2025Updated 15:58, 21 Apr 2025A gang of teen thugs used Snapchat to "hunt" a schoolgirl before brutally beating her in front of a group of horrified spectators.Sofia Todd, 13, was enjoying a meal with her friends at the Black Rooster chicken restaurant in Paisley, just outside Glasgow, on April 16 when she was ambushed by a group of girls. Members of the group, who her mum said had bullied her "for months", had tracked her down to the eatery using the location feature on Snapchat, despite her having previously blocked them on the app. Shocking footage taken at the restaurant has captured the terrifying moment the girls descend on her with a flurry of kicks - leaving the helpless teen curled on the floor.Sofia Todd was brutally beaten by a group of girls(Image: UGC)A video sent to the Daily Record shows two girls mercilessly beating the girl while a third films after she was pulled from the restaurant by her hair, with the blows raining down until a member of

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