Australian father of teen sextortion victim backs banning young children from social media

Australian father of teen sextortion victim backs banning young children from social media

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https://apnews.com/article/australia-social-media-ban-young-children-c08c470b33f115fb07fc86874bf1b768

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Wayne Holdsworth became an advocate for banning Australian children younger than 16 from social media because his son took his own life after falling victim to an online sextortion scam.

Mac Holdsworth died last year at his Melbourne family home at the age of 17 after a 47-year-old Sydney man who purported to be an 18-year-old woman demanded money for an intimate image the boy had shared.