Number of teenage boys calling national helpline over sextortion increases rapidly in five years

Distressed teenage boys who have become victims of online sexual extortion are calling a national helpline at increasing rates, with 78 per cent of calls about the issue coming from young males over the past five years.

Kids Helpline received just two calls from young males about sexual extortion or sextortion in 2017, but that increased to 116 calls in 2022.