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Snapchat, the messaging and photo-sharing social network popular with young people, is preparing a voter registration drive ahead of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, reports Axios.

Joe Biden dropped into the fast-paced world of Snapchat on Wednesday and stumbled through the appearance.

Ravens safety Earl Thomas was held at gunpoint by his wife after she discovered him allegedly having an adulterous orgy on Snapchat, according to an exclusive report from TMZ Sports.

Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Snapchat’s Good Luck America that meeting up with someone after connecting online is a risk.

A cheerleading coach from Oklahoma has admitted to having sex with two students after trading explicit photos on Snapchat.

A Florida teacher’s aide accused of having sex with two 15-year-old students at a pool near her residence was arrested Friday night.

An Oregon mother is accused of having sex with a 14-year-old boy at her daughter’s school after connecting with him through Snapchat.

Pornographic photos and videos of a missing teenage girl that were posted online have led to a suspect’s arrest in Davie, Florida.

A recent report from the New York Times outlines how child pornography has exploded across the Internet, including the startling fact that two out of every three reports of child sexual abuse material involve Facebook Messenger.

A recent report from the Wall Street Journal claims that the parent company of social media platform Snapchat kept a dossier on Facebook’s aggressive tactics called “Project Voldemort.” According to the Journal, executives from Snap Inc. are now working with the FTC to detail Facebook’s anti-competitive business practices.

A 19-year-old Missouri man raped six girls as young as 13 years old and lured them to his home using social media, police said.

A 23-year-old Wisconsin high school teacher has been accused of raping a 15-year-old student at her home and exchanging sexually explicit Snapchat messages with him for about two months, according to authorities.

Police departments across the United States are warning parents about potentially dangerous apps on their children’s smartphones, here are 15 of the top apps to watch out for.

A North Carolina school administrator is accused of sending inappropriate photos to a student using Snapchat and text messaging.

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) wrote a letter to Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel, contending that the social media platform “fails to provide parents with adequate warnings about the platform’s dangers,” including adult content and child predators. 

A North Carolina high school science teacher pleaded guilty Tuesday to nearly 60 sex charges and was sentenced to 31 years in prison for his crimes.

A college student seeking to catch potential sex predators on the Tinder dating app pretended to be an underage girl using Snapchat’s new gender-swapping filter. The student has reportedly caught a police officer who was allegedly seeking to engage in sexual activity with the fake 16-year-old girl.

Restaurant chain Wendy’s is going nationwide with a foundation program that helps to raise funds for adoptions of difficult-to-place foster children.

Snapchat’s new gender-changing filter that allows people to view themselves as the opposite sex has offended some members of the transgender community, who argue that their struggle with transitioning is being downplayed by the filter, as it allows users to swap-genders for their own amusement.

The self-appointed transgender police have besieged Snapchat for a filter that shows what a person would look like as the opposite sex, alleging that the app oversimplifies gender transitioning.

A New Jersey high school has come under fire for its decision to suspend two students over their decision to post photos from a gun range on their Snapchat account.

A former Miss Kentucky turned science teacher was busted for allegedly sending pictures containing nudity to a 15-year-old boy.

According to a recent report, General Electric, Tesla Inc. and Snap Inc. are all facing accounting investigations by the DOJ and SEC.

A Hawaii-based burger joint fired two of its employees and closed briefly after a video showed an employee cooking a rat on the burger grill.

Snapchat parent company Snap is reportedly preparing to release the latest version of its Spectacles product — despite the previous models under-performing in the market.

Big Tech companies, including Facebook, Snapchat, and Spotify, are encouraging their young userbase to vote next week with a series of features.

Students dragged, kicked, and beat a Missouri high school assistant principal to the ground for trying to break up a fight, according to a video posted Tuesday.

A social media influencer is being sued for $90,000 after he failed to wear Snapchat’s Snap Spectacles a sufficient number of times after being paid $45,000 to show them off, and then refused to return the money.

Facebook released its third-quarter earnings report this week showing the company’s focus shift towards its Stories feature as user growth is flat in the U.S. and Europe lost users.

Snapchat parent company Snap CEO Evan Spiegel reportedly hired former Time Warner executive Kristen O’Hara as Snap’s Chief Business Officer, before changing his mind two days later.

JPMorgan downgraded Snapchat parent company Snap this week, with analyst Doug Anmuth expressing doubt over Snap’s plan to bring in older users.

Snapchat reportedly encouraged more than 400,000 users to register to vote for the upcoming midterm elections, with “much of the activity” in “key battleground states.”

Snap, the company behind Snapchat, issued a company memo about its future which was leaked this week.

Google plans to emulate the often copied “Stories” feature popularized by Snapchat, Instagram and Facebook as the Masters of the Universe battle for users’ attention.

Big Tech companies, including Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat are encouraging their users to register to vote before the United States midterm elections in November.

LONDON (AP) — A judge has sentenced a Snapchat addict to 14 years in prison for orchestrating the killing of her sometime boyfriend and posting a video of him as he lay dying on a west London street.