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The agency says that personal social networking services include apps such as Snapchat and MeWe but not TikTok, YouTube or Twitter, now X. That’s because people aren’t downloading apps like TikTok to stay connected with family and friends but to post content for users they don’t know.

Det Ch Insp Sinski said the boy used two Snapchat names - one which boasted of his punching power and another that referred to using a disguise.

Sophia Dover, headteacher at Cheriton Primary School near Folkestone in Kent, says the school is to support campaigners by implementing a smartphone ban in September after problems with pupil WhatsApp groups and social media sites such as Snapchat.

Around the same time, he was introduced to Instagram model Kouvr Annon by a friend on Snapchat.

He used the name "Ninja Killer" on his Snapchat account and was found to have carried out searches about the Milly Dowler and Brianna Ghey killings.