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Online predators are targeting teens for sextortion on a new social app
Read full article: Online predators are targeting teens for sextortion on a new social appWizz, an app that offers to connect young people of similar ages, has spurred its own niche of internet content. But child safety watchdogs warn that’s led to sextortion.
Cases of suicides due to ‘sextortion’ using artificial intelligence or ‘AI’ on the rise, FBI says
Read full article: Cases of suicides due to ‘sextortion’ using artificial intelligence or ‘AI’ on the rise, FBI saysSextortion is a crime that involves using someone’s nude or intimate pictures to extort them for money. It’s been around for years but now the FBI is saying more perpetrators are altering innocent photos using artificial intelligence to commit the crimes.
Sextortion: FBI, missing kids group share dire warning following child suicide deaths
Read full article: Sextortion: FBI, missing kids group share dire warning following child suicide deathsThe FBI and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children have released a new, joint public service announcement about sextortion on Wednesday, in which Director Wray and the president/CEO of NCMEC break down the threat and provide tips for keeping children safe from this risk.
League City woman accused of posting nude photos of man on Instagram after he refused to pay her $500, officials say
Read full article: League City woman accused of posting nude photos of man on Instagram after he refused to pay her $500, officials sayA 20-year-old League City woman is accused of sextortion after a LaPorte man claims she posted nude photos of him on social media after he refused to pay her money.