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Amazon rainforest and Caribbean coral reefs could COLLAPSE in less than 50 years

Researchers from Bangor University in Wales used computer models to discover that ecosystems were collapsing at a 'significantly faster rate' than first thought.




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New stunning National Geographic images explores aspects of climate change in their new issue

Rachel Carson's bestseller Silent Spring, which was published in 1962, helped to spur an environmental movement. The first Earth Day was on April 22, 1970.




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Mom arrested for using children to sell marijuana after Snapchat video appeared to show them smoking

Elaina Kabler, 39, was arrested last week after police in Desert Hot Springs, California, received multiple tips about the alarming video posted on Snapchat on July 10.




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Instagram model CamiRaddd accuses photographer Marcus Hyde of sexual assault

Instagram model CamiRaddd, 24, has accused celebrity photographer Marcus Hyde, 32, of sexual assault, calling him a 'complete predator'.




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Former Tottenham man Clinton N'Jie apologises after accidentally streaming sex video

Clinton N'Jie has apologised after inexplicably live streaming himself having sex. The former Tottenham forward accidentally broadcast himself and a female partner to thousands.




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Snapchat sex scandal involving underage girls rocks one of Australia's biggest Olympic sports

An alleged Snapchat sex scandal is set to rock one of Australia's most successful Olympic sports with claims underage athletes were also targeted.




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British woman, 22, 'is raped by French tourist' on the beach in Magaluf

The 22-year-old Briton said her alleged attacker had threatened to drown her in the sea at the beacj in Magaluf if she resisted, according to sources close to the investigation.




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Reese Witherspoon jokes about having to use Snapchat to communicate with her kids

Reese Witherspoon, 43, gave some renowned parenting advice on how to communicate with kids. The actress took to her Instagram to share she has resorted to chatting with her kids on Snapchat.




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Oklahoma mom is filmed giving her toddler two bottle caps full of what appears to be alcohol

An Oklahoma mother lost her toddler to state child welfare officials after she appears in a video serving the boy two cap-fulls from a liquor bottle. She remains under a criminal investigation.




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Daughter slams two women who posted disturbing Snapchat video showing them taunt her bloodied father

Ellyce Quirk shared a video one of the accused attackers posted to Snapchat in the wake of the alleged assault near Thirroul Train Station in Wollongong, south of Sydney, on Saturday night.




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Boris Johnson's new Snapchat account sees the PM ridiculed for trying to look 'down with the kids'

The news that the PM now has his own Snapchat account has seen Twitter users poking fun at the PM, warning him to 'not be caught being silly' with the most intimate of the social media platforms.




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Thugs' Snapchat video boasting of how they stabbed victim 10 times

Reece Lefevre, 20, bragged about stabbing the 34-year-old in an attack so brutal it left footprints on the victim's skull, while Tyler Jones, 26, cruelly laughed and filmed the aftermath.




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Thief is busted after sharing shapchat video of 'new bike'

The man allegedly nicked the motorcyle in Adelaide's northern suburbs. He bragged about it in a Snapchat video with the caption 'new bike'.




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Teenager fronts Wollongong Court accused of assaulting a father and posting videos to Snapchat

Casey Holmes appeared in Wollongong Local Court, south of Sydney, on Tuesday accused of assaulting Brad Quirk on Saturday September 28.




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Liverpool youngster Harvey Elliott BANNED for 14 days for Snapchat video imitating Harry Kane

Liverpool youngster Harvey Elliott has been banned from all domestic club football for 14 days after posting an offensive Snapchat video imitating Tottenham striker and England star Harry Kane.




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Teacher admits to having sex with two boys in her car and sending explicit videos on Snapchat

One of the boys, aged under 16, started receiving text messages from the woman in 2017 offering him rides to their school in New Zealand and chatting about sport.




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Judah Chilink 19 convicted over Pryzm night club attack in Nottingham snap chat

Shocking social media footage shows Judah Chilink, 19, lunging at bystanders with a knife outside Pryzm in Nottingham on May 6 this year.




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Parents are TERRIFYING their kids with a spider Snapchat filter

Snapchat debuted a filter that makes it look like a tarantula is crawling on the user's face. Some parents are turning it on their young children.




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Snapchat's new 'Time Machine' filter lets you change your age to appear older or younger in selfies

The Time Machine feature works as a slider, making faces appear younger at one end and older in the opposite direction.




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Hundreds of kids punch each other at Queens mall after rumors of fight circulate on Snapchat

The chaos at the Queens Center in Elmhurst, New York, involved some 200 schoolchildren who descended on the mall after being let out of class early on Friday.




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The Bold And The Beautiful vet Carly Steel gets engaged to Snapchat executive Jacob Andreou

The 37-year-old beauty, who has starred on the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful and worked with Gwyneth Paltrow on Mortdecai, shared the news on Monday after flashing her diamond.




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Holly Willoughby shares snaps from the This Morning team's VERY boozy Christmas lunch

Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield will be nursing sore sore heads on Thursday's episode of This Morning, after a very boozy work Christmas party.




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Girl, 12, is arrested after sharing a 'death list' with classmates' names on Snapchat

A Falcon Cove Middle School student made the false threats to kill on Friday and was arrested after a fellow student reported her to the Broward Sheriff's Office in Weston, Florida.




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Oregon mom is arrested for having sex with 14-year-old at her daughter's school she met on Snapchat 

Rheta Leanne Melvin, 36, is accused of having sex with the 14-year-old boy in the back of her car in Riddle, Oregon. She admitted to sending him sexually explicit photos and videos on Snapchat.




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Emma Watson is 'so happy' people felt 'empowered' when she said she was 'self-partnered'

Emma Watson, 29, revealed she didn't think anyone who care when she said she was 'self-partnered', but she's 'so happy' people felt empowered.




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Facebook was the most downloaded app of the decade and the company owns four of the top five spots

Facebook was the most downloaded smartphone app of the decade, according to a new report from research firm App Annie, and the company controls four of the top five apps overall.




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Footage showing a man booting an owl across a road in an 'RSPCA approved' attack sparks backlash

Video appeared on Facebook from a Snapchat post showing a man line up behind an injured owl in the middle of a quiet Queensland street at night.




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Savvy shopper claims a MOP makes wrapping presents easier

Amanda Coulter, from the UK, shared a handy present -wrapping hack to Facebook group Extreme Budget DIY & Life Hacks - and all you'll need is a mop and two chairs.




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Alexa and Fitbit apps make the top 10 free apps list, suggesting they were popular gifts

Apple's App Store list suggest Amazon's Echo was a popular gift this holiday season this year, as it took the number one spot on the top 10 free apps list following Christmas Day.




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Two Pennsylvania teenagers face charges after 'recording a two-year-old boy inhaling vape device'

Footage of a two-year-old child inhaling a vape pen, coughing and then crying was allegedly recorded by two teenagers in St. Clair Township, Pennsylvania. Child endangerment charges are pending.




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Oklahoma high school volleyball coach, 40, is charged with rape

Joyce Churchwell, 40, surrendered to police on Tuesday after a warrant was issued for her arrest on a charge of first-degree rape in Tulsa County, Oklahoma.




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Friends of missing girl, 14, use Snapchat to track her down and rescue her from abuse by three men

Friends of a missing 14-year-old girl used Snapchat to help cops track her down to a motel room in California and rescue her from abuse by three men.




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Tragic final Snapchat taken by teen just moments before he fell through an icy pond and drowned

David Tillburg took the foreboding snap (pictured) shortly before plunging into the icy water in New Jersey. Rescue services (inset) were unable to save the boy who died Thursday.




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Balaclava-clad teenagers storm into Perth Gucci store before posting videos of haul on Snapchat 

The five balaclava and hoodie-clad teenagers stole multiple handbags as well as clothes after breaking into the store on Perth's King Street at 2.20am on Tuesday morning.




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Snapchat launches Bitmoji TV that allows users to star in their own animated shows

Snapchat users will be able to star in their own animated TV shows alongside their friends, after the social platform announced a new feature called Bitmoji TV.




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Thug, 19, who boasted on Snapchat about stabbing a man to death is jailed

Enroy Ruddock, 19, from Coventry, who bragged about stabbing Emmanuel Lukenga, 21, on snapchat was found guilty of murder at Warwick Crown Court today.




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Peter Farrawell-Smith from Gosford posts Snapchat of ex-wife's sister giving him oral sex

Father-of-two Peter Farrawell-Smith, 35, appeared with his pregnant girlfriend in Gosford Local Court in the Central Coast for posting the unsolicited photo to Snapchat.




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Parents warned to stop their children using YOLO app

Developed by a Paris-based firm called Popshow Inc, it has proved hugely popular with schoolchildren even though it says users should be 17 and over.




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Dele Alli apologises for appearing to make jokes about coronavirus

Tottenham Hotspur's Dele Alli has apologised to fans for posting a video to Snapchat appearing to mock an Asian man in relation to the coronavirus outbreak.




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Truck driver was on bail for sexual assault charges when he allegedly raped a 13-year-old girl

Jason Humphreys, 39, was arrested on Monday evening after allegedly sexually assaulting the young girl on multiple occasions in a truck and a home he was renting in south-western Sydney.




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Furious Karl Stefanovic questions why truckie accused of brutally raping girl was let out on bail

The Today Show host questioned why the alleged attacker Jason Humphreys, 39, was released back into the community when he was already facing serious charges.




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Tik Tok become second most used app for young Australians - despite paedophile fears

The surge in popularity comes despite fears the mini-movie app is a magnet for paedophiles, amid concerns Australian children are being targeted online.




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Kim Kardashian is accused of cultural appropriation as she sports braidse at Yeezy PFW show

The reality star, 39, debuted long plaits for the outing, whilst she donned a Yeezy  taupe jacket over a plunging beige crop top, baggy high-waisted grey trousers and strappy nude heels.




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Twitter is now testing tweets that DISAPPEAR after 24 hours just like Instagram's stories feature

The social media giant announced that it will test a feature that allows users to post tweets that disappear after just 24 hours, similar to the ephemeral story posts on Instagram and Snapchat.




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Snapchat selfies and lewd comments Bulldogs player Jayden Okunbor sent to a 16-year-old schoolgirl

Canterbury Bulldogs star Jayden Okunbor asked a 16-year-old schoolgirl he invited to his hotel room to send naked photos on Snapchat.




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Snapchat releases Here for You mental health support tool early to get through coronavirus crisis

Snapchat today announced it is working with charities in the US and UK to assist people with their mental health amid coronavirus pandemic.




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Snapchat postpones annual summit and asks most employees to work from home amid coronavirus pandemic

An internal memo circulated by Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel, says the company will cancel an event scheduled for April 2 that was meant to act as a summit for developers, advertisers, and creators.




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Location app creates 'Stay At Home Challenge' that encourages self-isolation during the coronavirus

Zenly, a Snapchat-owned app, has turned self-isolating into a game with its 'Stay At Home Challenge' that shows users which of their friends have spent the most inside during the coronavirus.




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Snapchat launches 'Coronavirus: The Latest' in Discover to provide coverage about the pandemic 

Snapchat is launching 'Coronavirus: The Latest' in Discover to provide up-to-date new coverage and information about the virus that pulls from news sources and health and government agencies.




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Snapchat's new 'lens' aims to encourage social distancing using an augmented reality circle

The circles it draws appear to have a radius of around 3.3 feet (1 metre) - meeting the guidance of the World Health Organisation, who helped develop the lens.