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Renneder@sh.itjust.worksM to BecomeMe@sh.itjust.works · 2 years ago

Sextortion Scams Are Driving Teen Boys to Suicide

www.bloomberg.com

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Sextortion Scams Are Driving Teen Boys to Suicide

www.bloomberg.com

Renneder@sh.itjust.worksM to BecomeMe@sh.itjust.works · 2 years ago
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Criminal gangs are posing as flirty girls on Instagram and Snapchat to torment high school boys, drain their bank accounts and push them to the edge.
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    2 years ago

    https://archive.is/MxU8v

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    It’s obvious that tech companies won’t be able to protect kids from this, so I think we need to educate kids about this in school. Sex ed should be realistic and extend to teaching kids about the dangers lurking behind the screen

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    This needs to be considered first degree murder and prosecuted as such.

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