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If Mark Zuckerberg wants to answer why his company is incapable of resolving the repeated problem of children being put in harm’s way on his platforms—my door is open, @finkd.

*This happened over the weekend!* My husband and I were getting ready to go to bed Saturday and my 17-year-old son knocked on our door. He was holding his phone and saying I think that FBI story you told me is happening to me! He kept getting notifications that someone from unknown email addresses was attempting to FaceTime him. He kept ignoring the calls and blocking the email addresses. He had 23 text messages from unknown email addresses. They said his name and said, “We have your nudes and will share them with your family.” They sent him two pics of male genitals saying they would share those as if they were my son. They said, “Just pay me $200 and we will be done forever.” Every time he would block the person messaging him, they would immediately send him another text from a different email address. They then started to say, “Block me huh? I have a million ways to contact you. Should I proceed?” My son never replied to anything. He brought it all to us. We told him he handled it exactly right and we were so proud of him for coming to get us for help. He was shaken up bc of the pictures and the threatening texts and just knowing someone like this had his phone number. My husband called the non-emergency police phone number and reported it. They sent a police officer to our home to write up a report and record pics and messages from my son’s phone. The officer told my son that this is called Sexual Coercion and happens more and more often. He told us that it was his 2nd case that same night that he had been called to in our area since starting his shift. Unfortunately, in the other case the child had actually paid the $200. The officer told my son to never respond to any messages like this and never pay any money bc once you pay, it is very difficult to get anything back. And once you pay, they might leave you alone for a month or two and then contact you again for more money. My son told us that if it hadn’t been for nextTalk and all the stories we have shared with him repeatedly, he would have probably tried to figure it out on his own. My first thought was if a kid had shared nudes before, they might freak out and pay money easier than a kid who knew they had no pics out there to be found. Talk to your kids. Share my son’s story! Let your kids know that the best thing for them to do is not delete anything, not share anything, and come and tell you right away. Then handle it calmly and tell them how proud you are of them for trusting you

16-year-old football player Walker Montgomery took his own life after a sextortion/online grooming situation that escalated overnight. His dad, Brian Montgomery, tells his story on our show. EVERY PARENT needs to listen. Please share. Listen here: buzzsprout.com/1063321/12538…

16-year-old football player Walker Montgomery took his own life after a sextortion/online grooming situation that escalated overnight. His dad, Brian Montgomery, tells his story on our show. EVERY PARENT needs to listen. Please share. Listen here: buzzsprout.com/1063321/12538…