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The Manitoba RCMP's internet child exploitation (ICE) unit has been inundated with rising cases of online child sexual abuse, exploitation, and, in particular, sextortion.
William Doiron took his own life after being a victim of a global sextortion scheme, where he was convinced into sending explicit sexual images and then blackmailed.
A Tinder-style app used by teenagers is causing major concerns after numerous reports of potential sextortion have been made to Canada's national tip line.
Documentary maker Matt Gallagher's latest project will focus on families of men who were featured on Jason Nassr's Creeper Hunter TV, a one-man video vigilante project that sought to expose online predators.
While the efforts of social media companies like Meta and Snap Inc. have helped remove leaked photos and videos from the internet and provided some support for victims of sextortion, experts say they do little to actually prevent the abuse from happening in the first place.