Sextortion: Survey Finds 1 in 20 Teens Report Being a Victim

“Sextortion” and “revenge porn” may sound like television drama terms, but for more and more young people, they are a real life concern.

According to a new study of 12 to 17-year-olds, a surprising number of youth—one in 20—say they’ve been a victim of sextortion—a form of blackmail that involves someone threatening to share explicit images of someone else if their demands aren’t met. Most of the time these explicit images are nude photos teens have sent voluntarily to a boyfriend or girlfrie...