How a fake Justin Bieber "sextorted" hundreds of girls through Facebook

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by evo_9 • 14 years ago

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pathdependent• 14 years ago

I wonder how often extortion occurs online as people share self-generated, sexually explicit media. I read something similar last year about Craigslist casual encounters, albeit in that case the extortion was perpetrated for financial gain. My guess would be that it is much more common than is acknowledge. The scammer exploits an inherently emotional and irrational process to gain leverage over a truly unsuspecting victim.

sudobear• 14 years ago

For some reason, I have been thinking that Facebook membership was restricted to users over eighteen. I am obviously mistaken, but it occurs to me that this was their policy at some point. Does anyone know?

arockwell2• 14 years ago

You must be at least 13 https://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=210644045634222

Because of: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_Online_Privacy_Pro...

drcube• 14 years ago

What that actually means is that you have to claim a birth date of over 13 years ago. There are certainly plenty of children younger than that on Facebook.

How a fake Justin Bieber "sextorted" hundreds of girls through Facebook

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