A 40-year-old Canadian national has been sentenced to 33 years in federal prison after admitting to targeting over 145 children across the United States in an eight-year sextortion operation that victimized children as young as six years old.

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The first federal Take It Down Act conviction came down recently on April 8, 2026. James Strahler II of Columbus, Ohio, pleaded guilty to cyberstalking, producing AI-generated child sexual abuse materials and publishing digital forgeries, after using 100+ AI models across 24 platforms to generate 700+ images of real minor boys from his neighborhood.

I had two immediate reactions to this news.…

An increase in sextortion reports is prompting a warning from Winnipeg police, who say youth are specifically being targeted in the city.

Ein 18 Jahre alter Mann erstattete vergangene Woche bei der Polizeiinspektion Regenstauf (eine bayerische Stadt nördlich von Regensburg) Anzeige wegen Erpressung auf sexueller Grundlage, wie die bayerische Polizei berichtet. Die Erpresser hatten das Opfer so sehr eingeschüchtert, dass der Mann an den bislang unbekannten Täter zuvor bereits über 1.000 Euro überwiesen hat.

Die Kriminalpolizei…