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Sources for AI-enabled sextortion

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FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center · June 2023 Official advisory

Malicious Actors Manipulating Photos and Videos to Create Explicit Content and Sextortion Schemes (original source, new tab)

Reported use of altered images for threats and harassment; does not supply a population prevalence estimate.

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Service documentation

Take It Down (original source, new tab)

Hash-based help for images from when someone was under 18; users must not download or share images to submit them. Coverage is limited to participating services.

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