Sextortion online - something to be aware of in connection with women and children of both sexes

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NEW RESEARCH

Online "sextortion" is a major problem, and how we can fix it Benjamin Wittes, Cody Poplin, Quinta Jurecic and Clara Spera | @benjaminwittes

A new Brookings report reveals that thousands of victims—mostly women and children—have been blackmailed by hackers into performing sexual acts online, but the lack of a federal sextortion law is, in many cases, failing to bring perpetrators to justice. Sextortion can lead to shame, self-hatred and disgust, and even suicide.

​Here is a link (the title above in blue is also a link)

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/techtank/posts/2016/05/11-sextortion-problem-solutions-wittes-poplin-jurecic-spera?utm_campaign=Brookings+Brief&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=29496744&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_wS9Jfic1Tr4KUO4MPDydmPlgTOZZiik6bjUaon7J48LfL3X15Nk_YGFhbkJ5dbtUaeOfA1NmVHJisn3uBcYiXaLY_3Q&_hsmi=29496744

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