Snapchat on Wednesday stopped promoting posts by US President Donald Trump, saying they incite "racial violence." "We are not currently promoting the president's content on Snapchat's Discover platform," Snapchat said in response to an AFP inquiry, referencing the youth-focused social network's section for recommended content.

Snapchat stops promoting Trump's posts for inciting 'racial violence'

With an alarming increase in the traffic for child pornorgraphy from India, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has issued a notice to social media platforms like Google, Twitter and WhatsApp highlighting its concern.

95% increase in online traffic of child sexual abuse content in India; NCPCR issues notice

Snap on Monday confirmed that it checks political ads at Snapchat to make sure they are not deceptive or misleading and thus enforce its ban on such material. The strategy seems to be a middle ground between Facebook's controversial tolerance of proven lies in political ads and Twitter's decision to ban them altogether.

Snapchat checks for misleading political advertisements to enforce ban

Snap Inc said Tuesday it will launch a new version of its Spectacles sunglasses that will have the capability of capturing photos and videos and uploading them directly to its unit Snapchat.

Snap's new version of spectacles allows you to capture photos, videos

Snap Inc on Thursday launched a gaming platform within its Snapchat app featuring original and third-party games such as Zynga Inc's Tiny Royale, aiming to keep existing users engaged longer and attract new ones.

Snap adds games to Snapchat app to hold on to young users

Rihanna took to Instagram to call out Snapchat's insensitive ad on her and Chris Brown's abusive relationship.

Rihanna urges fans to delete Snapchat after their ad makes light of Chris Brown domestic abuse case

The ad read: "Would you rather slap Rihanna or punch Chris Brown?"

Snapchat apologises for Rihanna, Chris Brown ad that made light of domestic abuse

While Facebook leads the other social networks in all age groups, the gap has narrowed in the key 18-24 segment, where 78 per cent use Snapchat compared with 80 per cent for Facebook, Pew researchers found

Snapchat challenging Facebook among US youth: Survey

Kylie Jenner is known to yield a massive appeal on social media

Kylie Jenner asks who uses Snapchat anymore, company loses $1.3 billion market value

A report by eMarketer said Snapchat is drawing youths away from Facebook at a quicker clip than Facebook-owned Instagram

Less-cool Facebook losing youth at fast pace: Survey

The worldwide outage lasted as long as four hours

Snapchat goes down, users take to Twitter to complain

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has asked the Indian Embassy in the US for a report on the alleged beating of a Sikh boy in the Washington State

Sushma Swaraj asks Indian embassy in US for report on beating of Sikh boy

"We make an effort to comply with local laws in the countries where we operate," a spokesman for parent company Snap Inc. said.?

Snapchat scrubs Al-Jazeera in Saudi Arabia

The image messaging application has removed Al Jazeera from its app in Saudi Arabia

Now, Snapchat blocks Al Jazeera in Saudi Arabia

Snapchat has removed one of the abnormalities from its app which restricted the video limit to 10 seconds

Snapchat upgrades its messaging app with 'multi-snap recording feature'

The offer was declined by Snap's CEO Evan Spiegel even after Snap's market cap slipped to around $15 billion from $30 billion

Snapchat declined Google's $30 billion offer

Snapchat has?hired engineers to prevent copying of its features. The team,?Strong.Codes,?specialises in protection against reverse engineering

Snachat makes copying difficult for rivals

The Mumbai Police Cyber Cell on Friday filed an FIR against comedian Tanmay Bhat for 'making fun of' Indian Prime Minister Modi

Derek O'Brien, Shashi Tharoor troll trolls with Snapchat filter after AIB controversy

Snapchat is finally breaking it's long-standing no links rule with this update which is essentially beneficial for bloggers, so they can tease their latest work through a Snapchat story

Now link websites, Youtube, blogs to your Snaps

The companies have offered tens of millions of dollars for rights to video highlights for the Russia-hosted tournament that air in the United States

Facebook, Twitter, Snap to seek soccer World Cup clips from Fox: Report

Snapchat is finally breaking it's long-standing no links rule with this update

Now add add voice filter, links and backdrops to your snaps

The new feature will be rolled out shortly

Snap Map: Snapchat introduces new feature to let you share your location with friends

Time Warner says it expects to air three shows per day by the end of this year

Time Warner to create shows for Snapchat

A reversal for the company after a red-hot March initial public offering that was one of the biggest for a US?tech company

Snap shares plummet as investors mark down first earnings report

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