Meta is ramping up its efforts to fight sextortion on Instagram with the launch of new features that are designed to help prevent young users from getting blackmailed into sharing nude photos.

Instagram will no longer allow people to take screenshots or screen recordings of ephemeral images or videos sent in direct messages. It's one of the service's latest safety guardrails meant to help ...

In order to prevent sextortion, Instagram will soon prohibit users from screenshotting ephemeral photos and videos. Credit: Mashable Composite; Instagram The crime typically takes place on social ...

15-year-old Bradyn Bohn died by suicide after becoming a victim of "sextortion," an online crime where predators blackmail minors using explicit images. The FBI and DOJ warn that these schemes ...

Sextortion occurs when a predator using a fake or hacked account engages in a sexual conversation with you online and then blackmails you, often with nude photos you exchanged or sexually explicit ...

Thirty-eight teenage boys in the US have died by suicide since 2021 after falling victim to “sextortion” scammers, a top cybercrimes investigator has told The Post. Two networks have been identified ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WJW) – A proposed new federal law, that was inspired by the suicide of a Streetsboro High School student victimized by the online crime known as sextortion, cleared a major hurdle on ...

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