Social media apps encourage perfectionism and damage human psychology, particularly affecting teenagers, and can even push them to the point of suicide.
Services like Etsy, Google Cloud and Pokemon Go were also disrupted, tracking websites show.
Policy reps from each company faced US Congress to talk about kids and online safety, marking the first time Snapchat and TikTok appeared in a major tech hearing.
Trump’s account will remain active on Snapchat and visible to anyone who searches for or follows it.
Recently social networks has invested in scripted programming which is free to view -- unlike the streaming giants, who charge subscriptions.
The app, which like Snapchat and Instagram is centred around photos, is more focused on keeping users connected with small groups of friends,
President Maithripala Sirisena orders emergency for another 30 days, citing "public security," a month after deadly Easter bombings killed 258 people.
Facebook has been ordered to curb its data collection practices after a ruling that it abused its market dominance to gather information about users without their knowledge or consent.
The social network became the most downloaded on Apple's App Store in the first half of this year according to market analysis firm Sensor Tower, beating out titans like Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat.
Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger are reportedly stepping down from their respective roles as CEO and CTO at the image and video sharing giant.
If Facebook wants to maintain its status as the world's biggest social media network it will need to rebuild trust, yes, but more importantly it will need to share a piece of the pie.
Snapchat's parent company took a hit of some $1.3 billion in market value after the reality star tweeted that she no longer uses the messaging service.
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