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Facebook today announced a new version of its Messenger chat app designed for children ages six to 12. Called Messenger Kids, the new app does not require a Facebook account — due to federal law, users under the age of 13 cannot legally sign up for Facebook.

Miranda Kerr is expecting her first child with husband Evan Spiegel.
The 34-year-old Australian model, who is mother to son Flynn, six, with ex Orlando Bloom, delightedly announced to DailyMail.com on Wednesday that she and the Snapchat founder, 27, are set to become parents.

Social media platform Snapchat has blocked access to Al Jazeera content in Saudi Arabia, reported BBC. 

Snapchat said it was asked by the Saudi authorities to remove the Qatari-backed broadcaster's Discover Publisher Channel because it violated local laws.

Qatar is in an ongoing dispute with Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and the UAE.

Twitter Inc reported its slowest quarterly revenue growth since going public as the company continues to face intense competition from Snap Inc's Snapchat and Facebook Inc's Instagram.

The company's shares fell as much as 10 percent to $16.81 in premarket trading on Feb. 9.

Twitter said its user base increased 4 percent to 319 million average monthly active users.

With 3.3 million followers on Instagram and nearly 7.5 million on twitter, American actress Eva Longoria is no stranger to social media. The sexy 41-year-old, who has also produced and is involved in philanthropy, posted some photos on her snapchat and instagram accounts and received over 22,000 likes matter of a couple of hours!

Investigators say an encounter on the social media platform Snapchat led to a sexual relationship between a Texas math teacher and a 16-year-old student, reports CBS affiliate KHOU.

About a quarter of the global population is now on Facebook, yet only a small fraction seem aware of the world-shattering implications of this reality. Facebook and other social media such as Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and Snapchat have irreversibly transformed the landscape of human interaction to an extent that was unthinkable only a few years ago.

Hollywood star Lindsay Lohan's finger has been partially severed in a boating accident in the Bodrum district of Muğla, where she was vacationing. 
Lohan, 30, shared the photo of her finger with the details of the accident on Oct. 2.

Maria Menounos, the Greek-American hostess of US entertainment TV show ‘E! News’ shared her moments in a clinic during the procedure of undergoing IVF (In Vitro Fertilisation) treatment. The 36-year old TV personality can be seen with her soon to be husband, and 18 year partner, Kevin Undergaro who recently proposed to her. She uploaded her photos on snapchat to keep her fans up to date.

European Parliament set up its own Snapchat account, the fastest growing social media network on the planet, last May in order to allow the over 200 million Snapchat users to get a fun glimpse into the workings of the EU.