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Sadistic online exploitation: five warning signs for parents - and how to keep young people safe
By Ariel Bogle

Offenders use threats and manipulation to coerce victims to produce imagery or livestream sexually explicit acts, self-harm or animal cruelty. How can you protect your child?

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/31/sadistic-online-exploitation-warning-signs-for-parents-children-ntwnfb

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The sadistic online groomers targeting victims around the world – and a mother’s struggle to keep her daughter safe
By Ariel Bogle

This month a predator with ties to the online extortion group known as 764 was sentenced to decades in prison. The mother of one his victims wants parents to know the truth about this ‘harrowing’ global trend

https://www.theguardian.com/society/ng-interactive/2026/aug/31/online-extortion-grooming-764-social-media-apps-ntwnfb

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‘I worry about our daughters’: Bridget Phillipson on online misogyny – podcast
By Presented by Kiran Stacey with Bridget Phillipson, produced by Ned Carter Miles , Nada Smiljanic and James Tindale, music by Axel Kacoutié; the executive producer is Frankie Tobi

Racism and misogyny are becoming normalised as a result of rightwing politics and the ‘cesspit’ of social media, says Labour’s Bridget Phillipson. In an extended interview, the minister for women and equalities and new party chair sits down with Kiran Stacey to talk about her fears for British society, the climate crisis, what Burnham is really doing differently from Starmer, and whether her party can beat Reform

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/audio/2026/aug/20/i-worry-about-our-daughters-bridget-phillipson-on-online-misogyny-podcast

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