<ul><li>Sextortion and online extortion are on the rise, with cyber criminals taking advantage of social media loopholes.</li><li>The EU rolled out the Data Protection Act in 2018 to combat cyber crimes, including sextortion and blackmail.</li><li>The author shares a personal experience of almost becoming a victim of sextortion on WhatsApp.</li><li>The FBI reported over 12,600 minors falling victim to sextortion scams between 2021 and 2023.</li></ul>

Welcome to the Wild Wild Web: A Tale of Sextortion and Social Media Loopholes

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