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Vaughn Cockayne

Vaughn Cockayne

vcockayne@washingtontimes.com

Vaughn Cockayne is a Foreign Affairs Correspondent for The Washington Times. He is an Ohio native and holds a bachelor's degree in Multi-Platform Journalism from Bowling Green State University. Vaughn previously worked as a freelance writer, covering data security and privacy issues before joining The Washington Times. He can be reached at vcockayne@washingtontimes.com.

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Authorities pored over cellphone data and social media accounts to sniff out 22 people whom they have charged with being Snapchat smugglers. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Snapchat users flood app stores with 1-star reviews after launch of My AI

Users swamped app stores with 1-star reviews. Snapchat's overall U.S. App Store review score dropped from 3.05 out of 5 to 1.67 over the past week. The number of daily reviews also spiked to at least five times the normal amount. According to data published in Apptopia, the reviews are starting to wind down but are still at an elevated level.

April 25, 2023
The Twitter splash page is seen on a digital device, on April 25, 2022, in San Diego. Elon Musk had promised to take away all of Twitter's blue check marks doled out to Hollywood stars, professional athletes, business leaders, authors and journalists unless they start buying a monthly subscription to the social media service. But the Saturday, April 1, 2023, deadline passed and the blue checks are still there, many with a new disclaimer explaining they might have been paid for or they might not have been paid for...nobody but Twitter really knows. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Twitter now allows misgendering

Twitter quietly removed its policy prohibiting the targeting misgendering and deadnaming of transgender people this month. The policy, enacted in 2018, said that intentionally and repeatedly calling a transgender person by the wrong name or pronouns is against Twitter's terms of service and could result in a suspension.

April 19, 2023