215 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby 9 Oct \ on: Roblox: Inflated Key Metrics For Wall Street And A Pedophile Hellscape For Kids gaming
I remember a couple years ago @supercyclone telling me about this 13yr old “girl” online that was asking him to send “her” pictures. He is a smart kid so he was skeptical and knows not to send anyone online personal info or pictures.
I said to him “I hate to break it to you but that probably wasn’t a girl. More likely a middle aged man”.
Yeah, almost certainly (backup possibility would be a pig butcher -- I've read a number of accounts of folks getting teens to eventually send naked pics and then blackmailing/extorting them, which is even worse than when it happens to adults). And raising smart kids and teaching them to be aware of requests like that is one of the best defenses.