A 15-year-old boy has avoided jail after selling ecstasy pills to a 13-year-old on Snapchat who died after a ‘severe reaction’ from the Class A drug. The teenage dealer – who cannot be named due to his age – pleaded guilty to supplying class A drugs following the death of Carson Price in Ystrad Mynach, … Read more
Police are pelted with missiles as they try to break up lockdown-breaching rave attended by hundreds of people at a Manchester house Revellers filmed gathered inside illegal gazebo party in Gorton, Manchester During the party officers from Greater Manchester Police pelted with missiles Police later confirmed that a woman was slammed with a £100 penalty … Read more
Spending time on social media platforms such as Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok does not increase the risk of mental health issues among teenagers, a study claims. Isolation, cyberbullying and a supposed obsession with how we’re portrayed online has led to claims that social media is fuelling a rise in depression and other psychological disorders among … Read more
Premier League stars told to stop posting holiday snaps on social media in bid to avoid quarantine questions on return to the country Premier League players have been told to stop posting holiday snaps online The move is driven by a desire to avoid questions surrounding quarantine rules Exemptions for elite sport don’t apply for … Read more
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
A terrified mother claims to have captured the haggered face of an old woman that allegedly haunts her family home in a photo. Chloe Lythgoe, 21, was pouting in the bathroom mirror for Snapchat when she took the image – and sent it without thinking – before spotting what she believes is a ‘ghost’ crouching … Read more