•Man and woman using digital information to extort people Sextortion is a type of online blackmail where someone threatens to share private sexual images or videos of you with others if you don’t comply with their demands. This can be extremely distressing. However, it is important to know there are steps you can take and […]
Meta said today it was developing new tools to protect teenage users from “sextortion” scams on its Instagram platform, which has been accused by US politicians of damaging the mental health of youngsters. Gangs run sextortion scams by persuading people to provide explicit images of themselves and then threatening to release them to the public...