The Predatory Web of Sextortion Targeting Young Male Athletes

About this episode

The episode discusses the issue of sextortion targeting young male athletes with insights from ESPN Senior Writer Dan Wetzel.

Special Guest: Dan Wetzel, ESPN Senior Writer. Link to his latest article: https://www.espn.com/high-school/story/_/id/45852691/fbi-extortion-online-youth Link to Take It Down: https://takeitdown.ncmec.org

People in this episode

Hosts: Nicole Braddock Bromley, Mary O’Brien

Guest: Dan Wetzel

Topics covered

• sextortion
• young male athletes
• online safety
• extortion
• sports journalism

Keywords

• sextortion
• young athletes
• Dan Wetzel
• ESPN
• online safety
• extortion
• Take It Down

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ESPN, NCMEC

Books & works: Take It Down

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