https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/07/children-uk-report-online-sextortion-attempts-record-numbers; https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/07/ashamed-scared-how-online-friendship-became-sextortion-nightmare. "Children are reporting #online #sextortion attempts in record numbers in the #UK, as #campaigners urge #tech #companies to do more to stamp out the #crime... Sextortion is the term for when a person is manipulated into sending an explicit #selfie or #video to a #predator, who then threatens to publish it online unless the #victim sends #money or further #intimate #images. Boys aged 14 to 17 accounted for 98% of the #blackmail #victims."