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Pinellas County Parents Push for Online Safety Legislation After 16-Year-Old Daughter Takes Her Own Life

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PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) -- Nearly three years after 16-year-old McKenna Brown took her own life, her parents are calling for legislation to protect children from the dangers of the digital world. Cheryl and Hunter Brown said their daughter, a vibrant student and athlete at East Lake High School, struggled with the emotional toll of relentless online bullying in the days leading up to her death. Close Thanks for signing up…

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After the suicide of a teenager in Kentucky, south of the United States, his parents discovered that he had received threatening text messages demanding $3,000 in exchange for suppressing an image of him naked generated by artificial intelligence (IA).The tragedy of Elijah Heacock, 16, shows the increasing number of cases of sextortion against minors worldwide, especially with the rapid proliferation of applications that digitally strip a person…

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After the suicide of a teenager in Kentucky, southern United States, his parents discovered that he had received threatening text messages demanding $3,000 in exchange for suppressing a nude image of him generated by artificial intelligence (AI).The tragedy of Elijah Heacock, 16, shows the increasing number of cases of sextortion against minors worldwide, especially with the rapid proliferation of applications that digitally strip a person or ge…

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