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Episode 228: Paul Raffile on the Sextortion Economy
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Sextortion scams targeting teenage boys doubled this year—and Paul Raffile says the platforms knew it was happening. Learn how Instagram's default settings let criminals to weaponize friends lists for blackmail, and how social media continues to fail the children it claims to protect.
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230 episodes
Manage episode 522257150 series 2937036
Sextortion scams targeting teenage boys doubled this year—and Paul Raffile says the platforms knew it was happening. Learn how Instagram's default settings let criminals to weaponize friends lists for blackmail, and how social media continues to fail the children it claims to protect.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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