TikTok has made its way into becoming the hottest social media app since Instagram. The app allows you to post short-form user videos that consist of pranks, dancing, jokes, singing, and much more.  With every social media platform comes the potential danger or even toxicity.

Sextortionists have snuck their way into a platform that was made for entertainment and instead created a nesting ground for sextortionists.

In light of the fact that most TikTok users’ range between teens and young adults, sextortionists have an easy path to entering these young adults’ lives by creating relatable accounts to reach out through. In this article, we will discuss what safety [...]

Online sextortion is one of the most vicious and demeaning cybercrimes we have seen. It involves coercive and manipulative tactics to extort money or other benefits from vulnerable individuals, usually by threatening to release or distribute sexually explicit images or videos. This crime leads to psychological, emotional, financial, and reputational damages, and it can happen to anyone regardless of age, gender, location, and background. In this blog, we will provide some tips and advice on how to avoid online sextortion and how to protect yourself and your loved ones from this malicious act.

Discovering the motivation behind these cyber [...]

You meet someone online and start talking. It turns flirty, then sexy, and then … boom. 

Suddenly that person you thought you were having fun with says she recorded your video chat, and says she is going to share it with your family, friends and boss. The only way to stop her, she says, is to pay her money. Lots of money. 

It’s called sextortion, and it is one of the fastest growing crimes on the internet. Thousands of Americans fall victim to this crime every year, and that number is growing.  

Typically, there is a gang of people behind the person you flirted with, and soon your phone is blowing up with threats and demands. The [...]

Sextortion is a type of online blackmail where someone threatens to release private, sexually explicit photos or videos of you unless you pay them money. While sextortion has become increasingly common in recent years as more and more people engage in online activities like video chat and sending sexually explicit photos and videos. In this blog post, we’ll share some tips on what to do about sextortion in 2022 if you ever become a victim.