SNAPCHAT

Shares in U.S. social media firms Snap and Meta jumped after a report indicated that the Biden Administration could ban TikTok.

The I-Team’s Sarah Wallace has the latest on a frightening social media extortion scheme, involving a teenager targeted through Snapchat. The young man’s family reached out after seeing a nearly identical story — but this time, there’s a “real-time” twist.

A New York teen said a girl who added him on Snapchat sent explicit photos and asked him to send some back — but those pics fell right into the trap of an extortionist posing as the “girl,” who demanded hundreds of dollars to prevent them from being shared

In the scheme, the teens are being enticed to send explicit photos through social media, and then are blackmailed. Law enforcement is now issuing a warning to families in Poughkeepsie. The I-Team’s Sarah Wallace reports.

Tammy Rodriguez alleges in her lawsuit against Meta and Snap that her 11-year old daughter died by suicide after developing an addiction to Instagram and Snapchat

The father of a 16-year-old who overdosed last year after he took fentanyl-laced pills bought on Snapchat said the company’s changes don’t go far enough.

Run for Office will help eligible Snapchat users, many of whom skew younger, find local races they are eligible for that pertain to their interests, the platform said.

As part of an NBC News series, One Nation Overdosed, eight different victims and their families share their stories.