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WASHINGTON — A wary Supreme Court on Wednesday weighed whether public schools can discipline students for things they say off campus, worrying about overly restricting speech on the one hand and leaving educators powerless to deal with bullying on the other. The justices, hearing arguments in the case of a 14-year-old high school freshman’s Snapchat F-bombs, struggled to fit the need to protect students’ political and religious expression with the ability of schools to get at disruptive, even potentially dangerous, speech that occurs outside the school setting. In one of many examples members of the court offered, Justice Elena Kagan described boys who keep a sexually charged online ranking of girls based on their looks. “You can’t put people in jail for commenting on people’s appearance, but shouldn’t a school be able to deal with it?” Kagan asked. The court tested out possible outcomes in the case of the student’s profanity-laced social media rant , which Justice Brett Kavanaugh described as her blowing off steam just like “millions of kids” do. Kavanaugh is one of several justices who have children in high school, or recently did. The court heard just under two hours of arguments by telephone because of the…

Made in Chelsea star Sam Thompson has been slammed by an alopecia sufferer over a joke post in which he pretended to make his co-star sister bald.The 28-year-old prankster mocked-up telly star Louise without any hair using a Snapchat filter.Fan Emma Archer, who has had alopecia for over 20 years, was left feeling offended after seeing the post. Sam's video post - which racked up 62,000 views - was later removed but married mother-of-two Emma claims he then mocked her in a string of direct messages.Emma - who lost 80 per cent of her hair at the height of her alopecia - said: 'All I wanted was him to say "Sorry it was never meant to be offensive". Made in Chelsea star Sam Thompson (left) has been slammed by an alopecia sufferer over a post in which he made his co-star sister (right) baldEmma claims Sam's responses were 'surprising' and 'f*****g insensitive' and that they upset her.  Sam put the hairless snap of sibling Louise - who also starred in the posh Channel 4 reality show Made in Chelsea - last Wednesday. He told his 1.3million Instagram followers: 'Gotta love Snapchat filter. Pulls it off to be fair.'Emma, 37, posted a measured comment…

LOUISVILLE — Snap Inc. (NYSE: SNAP) acquired Louisville-based Pixel8earth Inc. at some point in the first quarter of the year, likely to bolster its mapping capabilities. The parent company of social-media app Snapchat first disclosed that it had made an acquisition of an unnamed company for $7.6 million in its quarterly report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last week. The news was reported by startup publication TechCrunch. A Snap representative confirmed the acquisition to BizWest but declined to comment further. Pixel8earth was developing software that took submitted photographs and stitched them together into a crowdsourced 3D map of various areas. In a blog post, the company said it would be joining Snap as part of its augmented-reality and Snap Map teams. The Snap Map feature allows users to submit and see public Snapchats from across the world. © 2021 BizWest Media LLC LOUISVILLE — Snap Inc. (NYSE: SNAP) acquired Louisville-based Pixel8earth Inc. at some point in the first quarter of the year, likely to bolster its mapping capabilities. The parent company of social-media app Snapchat first disclosed that it had made an acquisition of an unnamed company for $7.6 million in its quarterly report to the U.S. Securities…

The FBI arrested a Riverside man on a federal charge in the murder of a Chihuahua puppy, an action which he also allegedly posted on his Snapchat account back in February. Angel Ramos-Corrales, 19, was arrested Monday morning by the FBI and the Riverside Police Department. Ramos-Corrales was named in a federal criminal complaint filed Friday that charges him with animal crushing, a federal crime of purposely subjecting certain types of animals to serious bodily injury not related to hunting or other lawful activity. This charges carries a sentence of up to seven years in federal prison, according to the FBI. Ramos-Corrales had originally been arrested on the evening of February 13, 2021 for cruelty to an animal and illegal possession of metal knuckles, both felonies. He was originally issued a “Notice to Appear” citation and released from custody a few hours later due to the emergency bail schedule for non-violent offenses, according to Riverside Police. Officers located a a 4 to 6 month-old Chihuahua dog in Ramos-Corrales’ bedroom suffering from a severe neck injury and barely alive. The puppy was rushed to an emergency pet clinic, but, veterinarians determined the dog would not survive and had to be euthanized.…

Snapchat has shared some new insight into the rising hype around the coming NFL season, with the 2021 NFL draft set to be held later this week. The disruption of COVID-19 over the past year has left many sports fans yearning for an outlet, and a return to arena events, and with the vaccine effort now well underway, enthusiasm is rising as the season kick-off closes in.  In some ways, that makes the return of the NFL a symbolic marker, as it looks set to be the first major sports league to return to a close to normal season. There will still be impacts, and restrictions on attendance and the like will still be in place for some time. But it feels, in some ways, like a symbol of new hope, a sign that we will return to normalcy sometime soon. In any event, Snapchatters are clearly keen for its return, as these stats show, while Snapchat will also be hosting exclusive NFL content, including a new AR experience for the draft, which will feature all 32 NFL teams and music from Machine Gun Kelly. Some interesting notes to factor into your tie-in campaign planning. Follow Andrew Hutchinson on Twitter

In a recent live stream, Twitch streamer NaDeXe revealed how he caught his girlfriend cheating on him on Snapchat.NaDeXe was playing COD: Modern Warfare when he revealed that he recently caught his girlfriend cheating on him. The streamer said that this was not the first time that she had cheated on him. It happened around 4 years ago too.NaDeXe is generally discrete about his private life, with not a lot of details known about his relationship status. He was earlier rumored to be dating a girl named Maishely, although NaDeXe revealed that the name of the recent girl that he was referring to during the stream was “Carmen.” NaDeXe reveals how he caught his girlfriend cheating on him for the second timeNaDeXe was playing COD: Modern Warfare when he decided to tell the chat exactly how he had caught his girlfriend cheating on him. The streamer revealed that she acted “strange” when he grabbed her phone playfully one night. This was after the two had been intimate with each other.“Let me tell you exactly what happened that night. I’m having a good time. She’s over here telling me she loves me and s**t, I was getting ready to stream late…

He said he wasn't — and that he just casually Snapchatted this girl, someone I know. He said they only talked through Snapchat about sports and friends ...

A Houston area 9th grade business teacher has been charged with having an “improper relationship” with a 15-year-old former student. Helen Page, 49, reportedly admitted the relationship to police and told them, “This was a huge mistake, and I didn’t mean to do it,” according to court documents seen by KTRK. Documents say the Aldine Independent School District launched an investigation last November and that a witness told investigators in January that Page told her about the relationship,, saying that the two were in love and that the student had told his parents. In a statement, Aldine ISD said that “the staff member was immediately removed from the school when the investigation began and resigned from the district on February 5, 2021.” “The district turned over the investigation to the Aldine Police Department and charges were filed,” the district said. “Aldine ISD does not condone nor tolerate any employee who engages in inappropriate behavior. The safety and security of our students will continue to be of paramount importance to Aldine ISD.” According to investigators, Page began communicating with the student, who had been in her business class the previous school year, last summer. The pair communication through Snapchat, Instagram, email,…

  |     |   Published 25.04.21, 12:49 AM Not just three-four years but the last 17-18 years have been rather challenging for Mark Zuckerberg. Basically, for the most part of his life, he has been building up Facebook. Early doubters said he wouldn’t beat Myspace. He did. Then came his company’s survival of its initial public offering. And then the live video arena and also Snapchat. Despite being punched left and right, he has survived, probably finding some comfort in the philosophy of tech guru Steve Jobs. In 1995, during an interview (a must-watch even if tech is not your comfort zone) with Robert X. Cringely for the Triumph of the Nerds TV series, he said something that still rings true: “Picasso had a saying. He said: good artists copy, great artists steal.” The quote was probably inspired by T.S. Eliot: “Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different.” Or was it Igor Stravinsky’s “Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal”? A more important question: Did Picasso really say that?! Zuckerberg’s latest heist involves making a Clubhouse clone that involves Live Audio Rooms and a feature…

An extremely concerning Snapchat group is now circulating among high school students in Traverse City and Traverse City Area Public Schools is aware of the group. TCAPS says the group is called “slave trade” and targets Black students in Traverse City. Parents of one of the victims tell us students are posting pictures of Black students and then giving them a price tag. Comments include “All Blacks should die” and “Let’s have another Holocaust.” “We are disheartened to hear this behavior and activity has occurred in our community, particularly at a moment when our nation continues to grapple with issues of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging,” said Dr. John VanWagoner, superintendent of Traverse City Area Public Schools. “Our schools and school communities are committed to working tirelessly to provide safe learning environments for all students by prohibiting harassment due to an individual’s sexual orientation, gender identity, race, ethnicity, religion or disability.” In a statement, TCAPS said: TCAPS students appropriately reported the snapchat to school officials who immediately began an investigation into the matter. The school district continues to thoroughly follow its investigative and disciplinary procedures and responsibilities, including any requirements under Board policy and Title IX.