A former Brookline town employee and son of a former high-ranking Massachusetts official was in a Boston courtroom Thursday, accused of recruiting children as young as 10 years old to produce and send him child pornography,

A Brookline man was charged Thursday after federal authorities said he recruited a 15-year-old to make and send him child sex abuse material. Scott Cunha, 24, was charged with the production of child pornography,

A Coral Springs Charter School student was arrested Tuesday after allegedly making a threat on Snapchat that she would “shoot up” the school, police said.

A 14-year-old Brainerd High School student is in custody after posting a threatening message on Snapchat. The student was arrested at his home in Baxter early Thursday morning, Superintendent Peter Grant said.

Last week, app growth guru Nikita Bier debuted his newest app, Explode, on X. One video showed the ghost from Snapchat’s logo blowing up, followed by the text: “Snapchat 2011-2025.” Another showed the ghost flatlining in a hospital bed. The videos aren’t entirely tongue in cheek: Bier really does want to bring Snapchat down.

The Colours Of Music AR lens translates music into colours and shapes, enabling the user to explore sound through a visual medium

Guy R. McCann II, 29, of North Bergen, was arrested on Tuesday after he allegedly tried to meet up with the child a second time, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office said. He is charged with sexual assault, attempted sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child, resisting arrest and criminal mischief.

Alex Choi, who loves documenting situations for social media and says millions of people have viewed his video of the Palisades Fire on Snap Chat and Instagram, walks along an empty beach near the Palisades Fire, in Los Angeles California, U.S. January 19, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Blake

Apple has a tendency to figure out ways to kill popular apps, but this time, someone else has done the work for them. Nikita Bier, an app maker with the Midas Touch, announced his new product Wednesday—an app called Explode that brings disappearing messages and texts directly to iMessage. Somebody check in on Snapchat and see how they’re feeling.

Snap, the owners of social media app Snapchat, has been referred to the Department of Justice because of allegedly causing "risks and harms" to young users

We are deeply disappointed that these recently hired Troopers displayed such poor judgment and lacked empathy for this family’s tragedy,” said the superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police.

Clayton Hackling of Lyme, charged with manslaughter in a fatal Connecticut boat crash, was operating the vessel intoxicated, an arrest warrant said.