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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rachel Hall

Blackmailing girls and encouraging suicide: the young British men in online gangs

One online group received stolen data which was then used to defraud hundreds of victims.
One online group received stolen data which was then used to defraud hundreds of victims. Photograph: WIN-Initiative/Neleman/Getty Images

Online gangs of young men sharing violent and misogynistic material and collaborating on online and offline crimes are an emerging threat, the UK’s national crime agency has warned.

Here are two recent examples of people who have been convicted for crimes perpetrated as a result of their membership of dangerous online groups.

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