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2021 is turning out to be a year which is devoted to various TikTok trends. Just a few months ago, or you can say at the beginning of the year, people were obsessed with the “#nobeardfilter.” The filter became a very famous trend and gained huge popularity. There were other trends like Sea Shanties and the Silhouette challenge, which were among the most famous trends on TikTok. These trends have proved that making and following any trend on TikTok is the most difficult task. Thus every TikTok trend is not easy and is not everybody’s cup of coffee.  Here comes another trend. From no bread filter to funny faces filter, there is another fire in the bush on TikTok. Currently, a very funniest trend on TikTok is becoming popular. Thanks to the person who started this trend which is making everyone laugh harder. The filter name is the “Fat Face” filter. Just like the “no beard” filter, the “fat face” filter also does not belong to TikTok. It is just getting famous on TikTok is the latest trend. The filter was trending even at the end of 2020. But it has again returned with more innovation and creativity.  So, where does…

OVER a third of indecent images of children reported to police are taken on Snapchat, according to shocking stats. The social media network is terrible at reporting the abuse on its platforms, with less than one per cent of the abuse reported to cops from the tech giant. 2More than a third of indecent images of children reported to police are taken on Snapchat, according to shocking statsCredit: Getty - Contributor Freedom Of Information stats from the NSPCC show that, 37 per cent of images reported to police between 2019 and 2020 were on the app. The charity are calling for great powers for regulators to step in. According to National Center for Missing & Exploited Children the global clearing house for online child abuse reports, Snapchat only made 0.67 per cent of reports of Child Sexual Abuse Material. Andy Burrows, NSPCC Head of Child Safety Online Policy, said: “These figures are staggering. "For far too long it’s been up to tech firms’ good will to stop abusers from targeting kids and preventing child sexual abuse images from being pedalled on their sites. “The massive gap between the harm taking place on Snapchat and the amount of abuse they’re detecting…

SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (FOX 2) - A Macomb County man is accused of sending nude photos to minors and engaging in sexually explicit conversations with and about children. Thomas Swanson, 26, of Shelby Township, was indicted in federal court. He allegedly discussed explicit sexual actions he wanted to and has done to children, sent photos of naked children, and photos of children performing sexual acts on him on Snapchat. According to court documents, Swanson was sending the messages to an Australian person who was arrested in February. A search of that person's devices led investigators to Swanson. Investigators said a Snapchat account provided by the Australian - but is too explicit to list here - matched Swanson's IP address, and there were also photos sent from the account that matched his license photo.Authorities searched Swanson's home Wednesday. He allegedly said the account and an account under another name belonged to him. He also allegedly admitted to receiving child pornography.  According to authorities, Swanson allegedly said that he likes to roleplay as father and son online and claimed the person he was portraying as a 15-year-old in sexual messages was actually an adult.Investigators said Swanson used numerous platforms and phones to exchange sexually explicit messages,…

The market has been seeing a lot of movement in tech stocks recently. As earnings begin to trickle in, products prepare for launch, and companies square off in court, there are a lot of driving forces behind the winners and the losers. Let’s take a look. Source: Koshiro K / Shutterstock.com Snap (NYSE:SNAP) stock is continuing a bullish year as it looks to expand beyond its current capabilities. The owner of messaging app Snapchat is reportedly looking to expand into the world of e-commerce. While Snap hasn’t confirmed the rumors yet, it has acquired e-commerce startup Screenshop and is looking into ways to better tie in online shopping with Snapchat. Additionally, the company is looking into a physical product line, hoping to more successfully revamp the failed Snap Spectacles of yesteryear. SNAP stock is up by roughly 20% in the last week. This of course continues the success of the last year. In the last 52 weeks, shares are up more than 400%. Another tech stocks winner today is Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL). The company is doing well even in the face of chip shortages, as Apple faces component delays for its MacBooks and iPads. Plus, there is another thorn in the…

Reddit joins YouTube as a fast grower, albeit on a smaller level Not only is YouTube the most commonly used social media site, but it’s also growing much faster than other social media platforms since 2019, a new survey has found.Except for YouTube and Reddit, most social media hasn’t grown very much since 2019 — not even Facebook, according to a survey by the Pew Research Center.An eye-popping 81% of Americans said they use the video-sharing site, up from 73% in 2019. Reddit was the only other platform that saw statistically significant growth during the same period, albeit on a smaller scale because Reddit is more of a niche site. Reddit use increased from 11% in 2019 to 18% today, the survey found.Facebook’s growth has leveled off over the last five years, but it remains one of the most widely used social media sites among adults in the US. Nearly 70% of adults today are on Facebook — an impressive number, but the same as two years ago.  In the same vein, the number of Americans who reported using Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Snapchat and WhatsApp are statistically unchanged since 2019. Pew Research says this reflects a broader trend: The rapid expansion of…

MrBeast, the hugely popular YouTube creator famous for his big-money giveaways and stunts, is angling to boost his viewership on Facebook and Snapchat. MrBeast (real name: Jimmy Donaldson) signed an exclusive deal with Jellysmack, a company that specializes in optimizing video distribution across internet platforms, to manage distribution of his video content on Snapchat and Facebook. “With this Jellysmack partnership, I’ll be able to reach even more fans on the platforms they prefer,” Donaldson said in a prepared statement. “The bigger the MrBeast brand, the bigger impact I’ll be able to make for people in need, so everyone wins.” MrBeast already has accounts on Snapchat (3 million subscribers) and Facebook (4 million followers), but Jellysmack says it will be able to boost his reach using proprietary tools. The 22-year-old viral video phenom’s YouTube channel currently has nearly 59 million subscribers; last year alone, MrBeast generated over 4.2 billion video views. He’s built his following through extravagant stunts — with a philanthropic angle, as many of his videos include giveaways of cash, cars, houses and other big-ticket items to unsuspecting individuals and charitable organizations. Donaldson heads a 50-employee company that recently launched MrBeast Burger, a virtual restaurant chain, and encompasses Beast…

Snap Inc. shares have jumped more than 20% in the past week as the company attempts to move Snapchat beyond messaging. Shares of Snap SNAP, +5.89% gained 5.9% Wednesday trading after a report from The Information detailed the company’s plans for new e-commerce tie-ins on the Snapchat app. The stock is now up 21% over the past five trading sessions, as the company continues its efforts in recent months to find new uses for its popular mobile app. Snap reportedly acquired the startup behind Screenshop, an app that lets people identify and purchase items they see in photos, in a deal last year, according to a Wednesday report. Screenshop’s technology could help Snap with it plans to deliver shopping recommendations to users based on their saved photos, an initiative the company intends to discuss at its May developer conference, per the report. A spokesperson from Snap declined to comment on the company’s e-commerce ambitions or whether it had purchased Screenshop. Snap has been looking to differentiate its app and also drive users toward features beyond messaging, a staple of Snapchat but a function that has somewhat limited revenue potential. The company has been looking to acquisitions as it expands it…

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A cafe manager has been forced to apologise after he shared a picture of a receipt describing customers as ‘two very annoying Asians’ online. Shay Hayston, an owner of Froth on Brunswick and The Stand, in Brisbane, Australia, had allegedly shared the image of the receipt on his Snapchat account, captioning it: ‘Omg I love my staff’, followed by three crying laughing emojis. He then allegedly told concerned customer Alec Madara it was ‘just a joke’ when he messaged to complain. Mr Madara said he thought it was ‘completely unacceptable’ that staff at the cafe would refer to their customers this way. In screenshots from Snapchat, Mr Hayston allegedly replies with: ‘Oh give it a rest’. The messages continue: ‘Oh get a grip. It is just a joke. Did I say it no.’ Mr Madara can be seen responding: ‘But you’re the manager. It’s your job to call out behaviour like that. It’s unprofessional and inappropriate.’ ‘I called out the behaviour because it is completely unacceptable in this day and age to refer to clients in this way,’ Mr Madara told the Daily Mail. ‘Anyone in a management role knows this would be completely unacceptable.’ The social media pages for…

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