National Center on Sexual Exploitation

Here’s how sextortion works. A predator gets an explicit image of a child, real or faked with AI, and uses it as a weapon. But not every predator wants the same thing, and what they want tells you which kind of sextortion it is: •Sexually motivated: they want more images. It most often targets girls. •Financially motivated: they want money. These predators often pose as a girl to get a teenage boy to send one image, then threaten to share it unless he pays. •Sadistically motivated: they want to see a child suffer. They force kids to hurt themselves or others, and they record it. No matter which kind it is, the predator is counting on your child’s silence. One conversation can break that. Get the tools to start it: timtebowfoundation.org/while… If you or someone you love is in crisis, call or text 988 anytime.