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ðŸ"' Online 'sextortion' scheme targets teens, prompts suicides

Scammers use video platforms like TikTok and YouTube to blackmail teens and rely on Instagram and Snapchat to connect with victims.

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"No Escape Room" interactive experience teaches families about sextortion

(NATIONAL) — With “No Escape Room” parents can better understand an increasingly common threat their teens may be facing. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) has created the interactive experience to show parents and caregivers exactly what it’s like to be a teen trapped in a financial sextortion situation. The interactive film […]

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Instagram to crack down on teen sextortion

Instagram is aiming to make it harder for potential scammers and criminals to coerce teens into sending nude photos and extort them for money.

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Mother, responding officer react to 'landmark' guilty pleas in sextortion case

Two men from Nigeria pled guilty in a federal courtroom Wednesday two years after their actions in an online sextortion scheme led to the death of a Marquette teenager in 2022. Samuel and Samson Ogoshi were charged with four counts related to the blackmail scheme, where they used hacked social media accounts to pose as someone else, gather compromising photos from their target, and then threaten to distribute them if the victim didn't pay up.

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New tools to protect against sextortion and intimate image abuse

New tools to protect against sextortion and intimate image abuse
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Instagram Announces Tools to Curb Sextortion to Protect Teens

Instagram has rolled out new features that will blur nude images in DMs of underage children, along with some other child safety features.

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Meta Rolls Out New Tool On Instagram To Tackle 'Sextortion'

Meta Rolls Out New Tool On Instagram To Tackle 'Sextortion'
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Is Instagram safe for teenagers? How does Meta protect teens? – Deseret News

Meta testing new tools to protect teens on Instagram from sexploitation, nude images, pedophiles. Meanwhile, lawsuits continue. Read more.

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