Snapchat walks back friend-ranking feature blamed for ruining relationships
Snapchat has demoted a controversial feature that ranked friends based on their relationships with users over concerns that it was stirring up anxiety among teenage viewers. The social media site announced that it will disable the default setting that automatically enables the “Solar System” feature on its $4-a-month subscription service, Snapchat+. This tool is a […]
Snapchat Turns Off Controversial Feature Fueling Teen Anxiety
Snapchat has adjusted its “Solar System” feature to turn it off by default in response to recent criticism and concerns about its potential negative impact on teens’ mental health and relationships. The Solar System feature acts as a friend ranking tool, causing anxiety in teens by making them worry about their social status. “It’s everyone’s […]
4 major Canadian school boards say TikTok, Meta and Snapchat have ‘rewired’ students’
Four of the largest school boards in Ontario, Canada, announced Thursday that they have filed a lawsuit against TikTok, Meta and SnapChat, accusing the social media platforms of interfering with student learning. The lawsuit says platforms like Facebook and Instagram are “designed for compulsive use, rewiring the way children think, behave, and learn,” and that […]
Mark Zuckerberg told Meta executives to obtain Snapchat data: court docs
Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg once told executives to “figure out” a way to obtain encrypted data from rival Snapchat to gain an edge in the advertising market, according to published court documents. It is said that it approached Zuckerberg gave the instructions in an email in 2016 to Javier Oliván, formerly Facebook’s head of growth […]
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Created Secret ‘Project Ghostbusters’ to Snoop on Snapchat, Other Rivals
Newly released court documents from an ongoing class action lawsuit against Meta show that in 2016, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was accused of encrypted content on competing apps such as Snapchat, YouTube, and Amazon. It was revealed that he personally instructed executives to “figure out” how to track usage. tech crunch report In a June […]
Mississippi man gets over 3 years for racist, homicidal threats made on Snapchat
A 21-year-old Mississippi man has been sentenced to more than three years in federal prison for threatening to rape and shoot people on Snapchat, prosecutors said. Three Mississippi prisons have violence, gang problems, according to Department of Justice report In May and July 2020, then-18-year-old Christian Blake Bunyard used social media apps to threaten to […]
Nevada files lawsuit against Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Snapchat and TikTok
Arturo Bejar, Facebook’s former engineering director, says governments should force social media platforms like Instagram to protect children from abuse. The state of Nevada is suing several of the most popular social media companies, alleging that their apps are intentionally addictive and lead to poor mental health among users, especially teens and young adults. Nevada […]
Former 1st grade teacher pleads guilty to asking 13-year-old for explicit images on Snapchat
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