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Amazon’s AWS collapse leaves Snapchat, Roblox, Canva, and millions of users stranded in the dark. Half the internet goes dark overnight

https://downdetector.com/ You don’t say … 🤔 https://t.co/9oLKZGyec5 — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 20, 2025 THE INTERNET JUST FACEPLANTED – AND AMAZON’S HOLDING THE CORD Snapchat’s dead. Roblox won’t load. Canva’s crying. Even Alexa’s pretending she didn’t hear you. It’s not you – it’s AWS, the invisible backbone of half the web, choking in its own …

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Although Snapchat got busted and paid the settlement, the users biometric data is out there now and always will be.

In 2022, the social media app Snapchat was sued over an alleged violation of BIPA pertaining to the data collected from users who used features likes lenses and filters to take photos and videos of themselves. The company ultimately agreed to a $35 million settlement, according to the Rockford Register Star, a USA TODAY Network …

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Facebook snooped on users’ Snapchat traffic in secret project

In 2016, Facebook launched a secret project designed to intercept and decrypt the network traffic between people using Snapchat’s app and its servers. The goal was to understand users’ behavior and help Facebook compete with Snapchat, according to newly unsealed court documents. Facebook called this “Project Ghostbusters,” in a clear reference to Snapchat’s ghost-like logo. …

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6 Massachusetts 8th graders criminally charged for holding mock slave auction of black students on Snapchat.

6 Massachusetts 8th graders criminally charged for holding mock slave auction of black students on Snapchat. Follow: @AFpost pic.twitter.com/sOzp2V3ixL — AF Post (@AFpost) March 15, 2024 SOUTHWICK, Mass. — Six eighth graders have been criminally charged for their alleged roles in using Snapchat to set up a “mock slave auction” and direct hateful and racist comments …

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Global outage hits top platforms including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube, affecting millions worldwide.

JUST IN: Massive global outage has affected dozens of top platforms today, including the following: 📘 Facebook 📸 Instagram 🎮Google Play💬 Facebook Messenger 🎥 YouTube 📱 Google 💬 WhatsApp📭 Gmail🗺️ Google Maps📞Teams📲TikTok 👻Snapchat — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) March 5, 2024 Meta-owned Facebook, Messenger and Instagram experienced worldwide outages Tuesday, with more than half a …

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