{"id":19340,"date":"2024-08-22T08:04:04","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T08:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/22\/how-can-children-be-protected-from-online-sextortion-fraud-2\/"},"modified":"2024-08-22T08:04:04","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T08:04:04","slug":"how-can-children-be-protected-from-online-sextortion-fraud-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/22\/how-can-children-be-protected-from-online-sextortion-fraud-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How can children be protected from online sextortion fraud?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Criminals are tricking young people into sending intimate images, then demanding money. Experts explain how to deal with these attacks<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/article\/2024\/aug\/22\/video-sextortion-guides-and-manuals-found-on-tiktok-and-youtube\">Video sextortion guides and manuals found on TikTok and YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Online sextortion is a form of financial fraud that has become increasingly prevalent over the past year.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2024\/feb\/26\/golden-boy-16-killed-himself-after-being-blackmailed-over-nude-photos\">some cases<\/a> in the UK, US and Australia teenagers have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/article\/2024\/jun\/06\/parents-criticise-unforgivable-delays-by-meta-in-sons-sextortion-death-case\">killed themselves<\/a> after being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/article\/2024\/jul\/22\/victorian-teenagers-suicide-after-sextortion-scam-prompts-call-for-improved-education\">targeted by cybercriminals<\/a>, who typically operate out of west Africa or south-east Asia.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/article\/2024\/aug\/22\/how-can-children-be-protected-from-online-sextortion\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Criminals are tricking young people into sending intimate images, then demanding money. Experts explain how to deal with these attacks Video sextortion guides and manuals found on TikTok and YouTube Online sextortion is a form of financial fraud that has become increasingly prevalent over the past year. In some cases in the UK, US and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19340\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}