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Prevention

Prevention
September 6, 2023

Sextortion: What to do if someone is blackmailing you with nudes

We discuss how sextortion happens and what to do if it happens to you.
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Prevention
September 1, 2023

Sextortion survivors share their stories to help other victims

Sextortion survivors want you to know that it can happen to anyone. Read the three pieces of advice they’d give to anyone being blackmailed for nudes.
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Prevention
August 14, 2023

Sextortion: What it is, How it Happens and Who’s at Risk

Sextortion is when someone's sexual imagery is used to extort them. Put simply, it's when someone blackmails or threatens to expose another person's sexual imagery to make that person do something they don’t want to do, like send more compromising…
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Prevention
July 21, 2023

Online Risks Prevention and Intervention Resources for Youth

The NoFiltr Resource Hub is a comprehensive digital hub created by youth for youth that brings together online safety and mental health resources.
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Prevention
June 20, 2023

“I thought we were friends”: A Sextortion Story

When a young boy begins chatting with a “friend” during a video game, she lures him in and abuses his trust, engaging in sextortion for his nudes.
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Prevention
April 11, 2023

Online grooming: What it is, how it happens, and how to defend children

Finding something in common. Telling personal stories. Sharing something just a little bit vulnerable and creating a bond. We all do this to build trust. But what if someone takes that trust to a place where we never want it…
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Prevention
April 1, 2023

How to Keep Your Photos Safe

It’s possible you’ve taken a bad or embarrassing selfie, a photo you thought you’d share, but decided against, or even a photo that could put you in danger. How can you be sure that those photos are really, truly deleted?
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Prevention
March 22, 2023

How Thorn Works With Platforms to Make Them Safer

Thorn is grateful when we get the opportunity to partner with popular platforms to connect with young users where they are, helping them to interact in positive ways to reduce risk.
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Prevention
February 13, 2023

Recognizing Abuse Masquerading as Love: Grooming, SG-CSAM, and Sextortion

At Thorn, we understand how perpetrators deliberately emotionally manipulate and misrepresent "love" to abuse their victims – often without them even knowing it.
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Two young teens sitting next to one another on a porch and looking at a smartphone.
Prevention
October 27, 2021

Talking with kids about online safety: Q&A with child and family therapist Amelia Aburn

Kids today face a very different set of challenges than most adults did growing up. Navigating growing up online, where normal sexual development and technology collide, isn’t something that needed to be included In conversations between parents and kids in…
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