#news Steep climb in teens targeted by online "sextortion"

"At least 3,000 children, mostly teenage boys, have been victims of the schemes that are connected to more than a dozen suicides this year. Many think they are chatting online with kids around their own age but are quickly manipulated into sending explicit pictures and then blackmailed for money with threats to release the images, the FBI said. "

https://apnews.com/article/children-suicide-teens-09dc20825bca53b636aba76f5aed3a1e