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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rod McGuirk

Australian father of teen sextortion victim backs banning young children from social media

Australia Social Media - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Wayne Holdsworth became an advocate for banning Australian children younger than 16 from social media because his son took his own life after falling victim to an online sextortion scam.

Mac Holdsworth died last year at his Melbourne family home at the age of 17 after a 47-year-old Sydney man who purported to be an 18-year-old woman demanded money for an intimate image the boy had shared.

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