12 h. ago Parents of boy who took his own life over sextortion scam launch legal action against Meta

"He went up to his room and we never saw him again"

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14 h. ago Mum of teen who took his own life after sextortion plot slams Meta for "failing kids"

Murray Dowey, 16, took his own life after he was blackmailed by Nigerian criminals on Instagram in December 2023.

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18 h. ago Parents of ‘sextortion’ victim who took own life sue Instagram owners Meta

Murray Dowey, 16, from Dunblane, died in 2023 after being tricked online.

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22 h. ago Murray Dowey: Scottish parents of sextortion victim who took his own life sue Meta

The case is thought to be the first of its kind in the UK.

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24 h. ago Parents of tragic Scots teen who took own life after Instagram sextortion scam sue tech firm Meta

THE parents of a young Scots teen who took his life after a sextortion scam are suing Meta. Murray Dowey, 16, from Stirling, took his own life after he was blackmailed by cruel criminals on Instagram. Now his parents are taking legal action against the social media platform's owner Meta in a US court. Mark...

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34 h. ago Parents of Scots teen who took own life after sextortion scam sue tech firm Meta

Murray Dowey died after he was preyed upon by Nigerian scammers posing as a young girl.

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36 h. ago Parents of sextortion victim sue Meta for alleged wrongful death

Exclusive: Lawsuit is the first UK case of its kind, with Ros and Mark Dowey accusing Meta of ‘putting profit before our young people’The parents of a 16-year-old who took his own life after he fell victim to a sextortion gang on Instagram are suing Meta for the alleged wrongful death of their son, in the first UK case of its kind.Murray Dowey died in December 2023 at his family home in Dunblane, after being tricked into sending intimate pictures to an Instagram contact. He thought it was a girl his own age, but it turned out to be overseas criminals involved in financially motivated sexual extortion. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Teen tragically takes own life as her mum pleads 'parents need to know'

A mum has spoken out after her 'kind, sensitive and beautiful' daughter has sadly died

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3 w. ago Crazed teen, 13, 'slit her mum's throat' after she confiscated her phone

A teenage girl killed her mother after she was allegedly banned from using social media and confiscated her phone

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3 w. ago Newborn baby found dead in bag as teen mum facing murder charge

The newborn baby was found dead in a tote bag after a 14-year-old mother was charged with murder in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, USA, according to authorities

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3 w. ago Teen girl starved to death by mum was 'left for days' on bathroom floor before cops discovered her

Kyneddi Miller had been taken out of school during the pandemic, but investigators discovered Kyneddi had left the house just two times in the four years that followed before her death

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3 w. ago 'We took my 11 year old daughter's smartphone away and her friends smuggled in a burner'

As the royal reveals the conversation around 12-year-old Prince George getting a mobile phone was becoming “tense”, mum-of-three Laura Milne tells The Mirror why she too is standing firm

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4 w. ago Mum of man stabbed to death by teen begs adults to help tackle youth knife crime

Lynn Burns lost her son Sam Johnston when he was 22 after he was stabbed in the heart at a property in Saltcoats, Ayrshire, in 2013.

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4 w. ago Lainie Williams' heartbroken mum says memories of 'murdered' teen will replay in her head

Rhian Stephens was injured in a knife attack at her South Wales home which left her 'beautiful' daughter, Lainie Williams dead - 18-year-old Cameron Cheng has since been charged with murder

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