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lawsuits filed against instagram over sextortion related suicides in children and teens

SMVLC Files Lawsuit After Multiple Teens’ Suicides Following Instagram Sextortion

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Our firm has just filed a lawsuit against Meta, alleging that the tech company has ignored sextortion schemes that target teens on Instagram. This lawsuit represents two teens, 16‑year‑old M.D. from Dunblane, Scotland, and 13‑year‑old L.M. from Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, who tragically died as a result of being victimized by sextortion schemes on Instagram. It […]

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New Sextortion Scam Including Photos of Victims Homes

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Beware of a new variation of the old sextortion email scam, which now includes photos of victims’ homes to increase the threats. The scammers claim to have hacked the recipients’ computers, recorded compromising webcam footage, and threaten to release it unless a Bitcoin ransom (around $2,000) is paid. The scam is made more personal by

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