Friendship is everything: Sicilian Mafia could be dismantled by using social network analysis to map syndicate members’ connections, study claims Criminal networks like the Mafia are hard for law enforcement to disrupt Researchers from the UK and Italy studied data on a real-life Mafia syndicate They report a way to pick the members whose arrest would be … Read more
Snapchat takes on TikTok with music feature that lets users add popular songs to snaps Snapchat is set to let users add popular songs to snaps in the app The firm has partnered with a number of music labels to create a music catalog The feature will let users swipe up to see the album art, … Read more
A schoolboy today admitted selling £2 ‘Donkey Kong’ ecstasy over Snapchat to a tragic 13-year-old boy who died in a park. The teenager, then 14, used social media to sell three cartoon character Donkey-Kong branded ecstasy pills to Carson Price, 13. The two boys arranged to meet outside a garage for Carson to pay for … Read more
People who enjoy embarrassing or angering others are more likely to find social networks like Facebook and Snapchat addictive, study shows Researchers studied how much time was spent on Snapchat and Facebook Also looked at what sort of interactions motivated people to use the sites Found those who spent a large amount of time on … Read more
Instagram confirms it will launch its own rival to TikTok called Reels which will start going live across the globe next month Instagram is planning to launch a TikTok competitor called Reels broadly Reels will launch in 50 countries including the US starting next month It allows users to post short video clips set to … Read more
Five minutes to midnight and I’m climbing out of an Uber in an industrial estate in the depths of South London. I haven’t got a clue where I’m meant to be going but I head off in the darkness in the direction of the pulsating beat of music, following three people ahead of me who … Read more
Snapchat unveils augmented reality features that let users decorate landmarks in their neighborhood and use voice commands to change effects in camera mode Snapchat announced voice activation for its AR lenses Users can ask the app to change the filters using voice commands It also rolled announced collaborative AR landscapes called ‘Local Lenses’ The feature allows users to … Read more
Snapchat stopped promoting Donald Trump on its Discover page after he tweeted comments that some claim glorified violence amid nationwide racial justice riots. A spokesperson for the picture messaging social media app told Axios in a Wednesday report that the outlet doesn’t want to boost rhetoric that promotes ‘racial violence and injustice’ which it says … Read more
Three British teenagers who mocked the murder of George Floyd in a Snapchat video have now been arrested on suspicion of committing a hate crime. The trio, all from Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, caused outrage after a photo of them recreating how the unarmed 46-year-old black man died at the hands of police in Minnesota was … Read more
Laughing British teenagers mock George Floyd’s death in sick Snapchat photo showing one kneeling on the other’s neck in post shared on Warwick University Facebook page The post – captioned ‘brutality’ – shows one teen kneeling on his friend’s neck Woman who went school with them said they’ve outraged their local community University of Warwick said … Read more