cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/37122335

  • Sexual extortion, or ‘sextortion’ scams against children and young people on the rise, with ‘hideous and callous cruelty’ used to blackmail victims.
  • Boys still at particular risk as numbers surge – making up 97% of confirmed sextortion cases seen by the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF).
  • UK’s Report Remove service, run jointly by Childline and the IWF, sees significant rise in children self-reporting nude or sexual imagery which may have got out of control online.
  • Dyskolos@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I love tech super much, but what the recent 2 decades have done against kids and minors (above topic, social media et al) saddens me more.

    I’m so superglad I long before decided against procreating…