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Republican lawmakers have introduced bills that would boost the punishment in Ohio for people who ask others to share explicit photos online, and then use those pics to blackmail them.

The bills would make sextortion a felony with prison time and put money into a fund to help victims get counseling.

Republican lawmakers have introduced bills that would boost the punishment in Ohio for people who ask others to share explicit photos online, and then use those pics to blackmail them.

Ohio lawmakers have introduced a bill to make sextortion a serious crime.Sextortion involves convincing someone to share explicit photos of themselves, then thr

Ohio lawmakers have introduced a bill to make sextortion a serious crime.Sextortion involves convincing someone to share explicit photos of themselves, then thr

Cyber Dive and The Braden Markus Foundation Introduce Bradens Law, a Bold and Decisive Piece of Legislation Against Sextortion

Between October 2021 and March 2023, authorities received more than 13,000 reports of financial sextortion of minors involving at least 12,600 victims.

“Sextortion” cases reported to federal authorities involving young adults or children have skyrocketed in recent years.

Social media companies like TikTok and Facebook would be required to get verified parental consent before allowing a child under age 16 to have an account, according to a law proposed by DeWine.

Police say the suspect is a 15-year-old student at Oak Park High School who decided he was going to use his phone to go online and pretend to be a girl to extort money and a lot more from classmates.