High school sophomore Bryce Tate thought he was sending intimate photos to a girl, but received a $500 demand hours before he ...

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children says it receives almost 100 reports of financial sextortion a day.

A 15-year-old sopho reportedly to his own life after being allegedly “sextorted,” as plots targeting American children rise. According toThe New York Post, Bryce Tate was enjoying […] ...

A Texas man was arrested Thursday after he was accused of sexually extorting an adult and child in Bergen County, investigators said. Detectives determined that an online stranger, identified Friday ...

Bohn, a teenager from Kronenwetter, outside of Wausau, died by suicide March 5, after hours of relentless blackmail threats ...

Snapchat is a primary platform for online predators who use “sextortion” schemes to coerce minors into sending graphic images and videos of themselves and then use the explicit material as blackmail, ...

Pike County Chief Deputy Zachary Orr is drawing attention to children and teenagers falling victim to online "sextortion" ...

Police have repeated calls for young people and parents to be vigilant after a teenage boy was targeted by sextortion ...

Sextortion, a form of online exploitation targeting children, has seen a dramatic increase in reported cases. Wisconsin lawmakers are working on "Bradyn's Law" to strengthen penalties for sextortion.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — We have an update on a sextortion case – involving a man living in an SDSU dorm room. Monday, a federal judge sentenced 25-year-old Jaykob Varner to more than 15 years ...

The suit calls Snapchat "a breeding ground for predators to collect sexually explicit images of children and to find, groom and extort them." New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez, who has a pending ...

As students return to classrooms and spend more time online, Snapchat is rolling out a new interactive safety education program designed for teens and their parents. The program, called The Keys, aims ...