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by: WBOY 12 News Staff Posted: May 27, 2021 / 06:13 PM EDT / Updated: May 27, 2021 / 06:13 PM EDT Brent Bittner ELKINS, W.Va. – On Thursday, a teenager from Maryland was extradited to Randolph County to face charges of Using Obscene Matter with Intent to Seduce a Minor, Use of a Minor to Produce Obscene Matter, Distribution and Display to minor of Obscene Matter, and Use of Minors in Filming Sexually Explicit Conduct. Beginning in February 2021, the Elkins detachment of the West Virginia State Police started an investigation after allegations were made that an unknown subject was soliciting a local 9-year-old child for sexually explicit photographs and videos on Snapchat. The investigation revealed that the 9-year-old met this subject on Omegle, a website that allows you to chat with strangers, and later transitioned to Snapchat. The investigation led to the development of the suspect being identified as Brent Bittner, 18 of Cumberland, Maryland. Brent Bittner On May 19, a search warrant was conducted at the suspect’s residence by the Maryland State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and also attended by Homeland Security Investigations and the West Virginia State Police. A preliminary forensic review of…

May 26—KINGWOOD — The Preston Board of Education is considering adding metal detectors as a further safety measure at Preston County schools.At Monday's meeting, a local resident told board members her child, a student at Preston High, recently received a death threat on Snapchat. She said the threat indicated her child would be shot while at school.The Snapchat app opens to a device's camera, so users can take a photo or video, add a caption and send it."The sheriff and the school has the evidence, " she said. "I think metal detectors cost between 4 and 5 thousand dollars each and would protect our schools if violence breaks out."She said she knew a weapon had been found at the high school and indicated it was a knife."I know it's inconvenient, but inconvenience can't compare with the loss of a child, " she said.BOE President Jack Keim said Superintendent of Schools Steve Wotring would get information about metal detectors and have it available for a future meeting.Also speaking at the meeting was Holly Funk. Funk offered ways to better integrate LGBTQ students into schools. She suggested several websites that offered resources for educators and students to better ensure LGBTQ students are…

After a long period of testing the feature, Facebook seems to have removed dark mode support on Android and iOS through the latest app updates. Facebook’s dark mode option appears to have disappeared from the Android and iPhone apps, and it currently remains unclear why or how many users are affected. The option to enable a darker theme has become increasingly popular with users and app developers, with Apple and iOS also adding their own system-wide dark theme support as well. In recent years, the number of apps that now support dark mode has been steadily increasing. However, there are still a number of popular apps that have yet to adopt the feature or make it available on both platforms. For example, although Snapchat dark mode can be enabled on an iPhone, it has yet to arrive on Android. In Facebook’s case, the company tested the feature with users throughout 2020, before making it widely available to all users. Although available, a number of users have recently been taking to Twitter and elsewhere to confirm an issue with Facebook’s dark mode support. Essentially, the option to enable the darker theme has disappeared completely for them. The reports indicate that this is a…

Estée Lauder Companies is leaning on Snapchat’s new social AR shopping capabilities.On May 20, MAC became the first brand in the ELC portfolio to debut a shoppable Snapchat AR try-on lens. Using technology developed through Snapchat’s partnership with Perfect Corp., MAC is offering four different lenses that present a total of 20 lip and eye products. Users can scroll through and test the different shades of each product and then click the link in the lens to purchase on MAC’s DTC site. ELC brands Too Faced, Bobbi Brown and Smashbox will debut on Snapchat with their own shoppable technology over the next few months. “One thing that we saw during Covid is that there was a huge shift in where consumers spent their time, and consumption of social media made it really important that we go and be where they are,” said Salima Popatia, svp of global consumer acquisition and retention for Estée Lauder Companies’ online division.  MAC’s new foray on Snapchat is the first time ELC has adopted the platform’s shoppable lenses. In December 2020, L’Oréal-owned NYX Cosmetics launched an AR try-on and virtual shopping experience on Snapchat.  The purpose of Snapchat’s new partnership with Perfect Corp. is…

Not all IT giants face the legal dispute between Epic Games and Apple over the App Store against the iPhone group. Snapchat, among the most popular social media offerings in the top 5 in many countries, has now been explicitly praised by Apple. Its CEO, Evan Spiegel from the parent company Snap, said in an interview that it was “happy” to pay Apple’s 30 percent commission for in-app sales, which it has been demanding for over a decade. “Naturally happy” In the conversation with the US stock market transmitter CNBC The 30-year-old manager said that Snapchat “would not exist without the iPhone and without the fantastic platform that Apple created”. In this sense, he is not sure whether the company has “a choice” to pay the fee. “And of course we’re happy to be doing that in return for all of this fantastic technology that supplies us in the field of software and also in the field of hardware advances “. Snap is also “in agreement” with Apple regarding its new ATT anti-tracking function. This was sharply criticized by Facebook, among others. Snap began almost ten years ago to protect the privacy of its users – but this was…

More than 150,000 activists and parents have signed a series of petitions urging Facebook to drop its plans to create an Instagram for kids platform, the organizations behind the petitions said Tuesday. The signatories join a growing chorus of advocates and bipartisan lawmakers who have criticized Facebook’s plans, which would create an Instagram platform for children under 13. The three petitions, launched by Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC), SumOfUs, and the Juggernaut Project, slam the plan over concerns about skewing children’s self image, harvesting their data, and feeding the addictive nature of social media apps. Josh Golin, executive director of CCFC, accused Facebook’s plan for the new platform of using children as “pawns in its war with TikTok for market share.” “Teens and even adults on Instagram struggle with the never-ending focus on appearance, the relentless fear of missing out, promotion of influencer culture, and the pressure to collect likes. Instagram for young children is among the greediest, most tone-deaf and wrong-headed ideas ever to emerge from Silicon Valley,” Golin said in a statement. Kristin Bride, the mother of a 16-year-old who died by suicide in June, is among those who signed the petitions. Her son, Carson Bride, received 62 anonymous messages “meant to humiliate…

By Beth Milligan | May 25, 2021 Traverse City Area Public Schools (TCAPS) board members received an update Monday on district efforts to increase diversity and inclusivity initiatives in the wake of a racist student incident on Snapchat in April. Efforts including a curriculum audit, staff training, and a proposed antiracist TCAPS board resolution drew criticism from some parents who said the work amounted to indoctrination and an attempt to force critical race theory into the classroom, while several TCAPS staff members defended the process as crucial to providing a school environment where all students feel welcome and safe. The Social Equity Task Force – an internal TCAPS group including students, teachers, administrators, parents, and other stakeholders formed in November to address equity, diversity, and inclusivity issues – provided an update to board members. According to committee members, current focus areas include auditing the district’s K-12 curriculum “through an equity lens,” diversifying TCAPS libraries, expanding learning opportunities for staff, providing support “to lift student voices” in the district’s inclusivity work, and passing a board resolution detailing TCAPS’ commitment to being an antiracist, anti-discriminatory school district. The resolution was originally slated to be reviewed by board members later this summer. However,…

How will justice be served in the killing of Tristyn Bailey?That's the question being asked from tidy backyards in the Durbin Crossing community, where the 13-year-old victim resided, to larger circles of legal pundits and true-crime followers across the nation.The 14-year-old suspect charged with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of Bailey awaits a decision by the State Attorney's Office as to whether he will be tried as an adult or juvenile.Sheriff: Tristyn Bailey's death was the 'horrific, brutal murder of a 13-year-old child'Parents qualify for indigency status: Suspect in Tristyn Bailey's killing will be defended by court-appointed attorneysCelebration of life: Tristyn Bailey remembered as someone who brought 'life to everyone around her'In the meantime, The Record asked a panel of experts to weigh in on a number of legal issues surrounding the case, as well as the role social media has played in the investigation.Chief in that discussion is whether prosecutors will find enough reason to warrant charging the suspect as an adult, which would mean instead of an adjudicatory hearing presided over by a judge in juvenile court there would be a full jury trial.Suspect charged with second-degree murderOriginally reported missing, the body of Bailey, a popular cheerleader, was found May 9 near her home in a quiet…

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It is common knowledge that Pakistani women are unsafe outside of their homes. It’s uncommon knowledge how these same women are unsafe inside of their homes also. I’m not just writing about pervert uncles, cousins, stepfathers or housekeepers indulging in molestation and harassment. Take a look at what’s in your hand, lap, desktop or the charger next to you. You will see a tablet, a smartphone, a laptop or a desktop; devices being utilised from the comfort of your home, devices that virtually transport and connect you to possibly anyone you desire, devices you archive your pictures and videos in, devices that make you fill out your visa applications, job interviews and what not. Imagine getting up one morning and not being able to login to your Whatsapp, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, etc. Post the feeling of dread and disbelief, you finally realise that somebody hacked into your account and your iCloud and now has access to every picture, video, private chat and DM you had ever sent or kept. Imagine consulting friends at first to help you retrieve, but in vain, imagine running to the concerned government departments and then the cybercrimes unit as well, only to be turned…