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'Deeply disturbing': Children being tricked into sharing explicit images as 'sextortion' cases soar

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72% Informative

Internet Watch Foundation received 191 reports of "sextortion" in the first half of 2014 .

The number of reports that saw action taken rose by 257% in the same period.

At least 6% of that content involved the most serious Category A images, the IWF said.

Teenagers are most likely to be targeted on social media platforms, the charity said.

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69

Informative language

64

Neutral language

85

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

62

Offensive language

offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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1

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