{"id":21251,"date":"2025-12-18T08:37:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T07:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/18\/parents-of-sextortion-victim-sue-meta-for-alleged-wrongful-death\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T08:37:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T07:37:15","slug":"parents-of-sextortion-victim-sue-meta-for-alleged-wrongful-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/18\/parents-of-sextortion-victim-sue-meta-for-alleged-wrongful-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents of sextortion victim sue Meta for alleged wrongful death"},"content":{"rendered":"

Exclusive: Lawsuit is the first UK case of its kind, with Ros and Mark Dowey accusing Meta of \u2018putting profit before our young people\u2019<\/p>\n

The parents of a 16-year-old who took his own life after he fell victim to a sextortion gang on Instagram are suing Meta for the alleged wrongful death of their son, in the first UK case of its kind.<\/p>\n

Murray Dowey died in December 2023<\/a> at his family home in Dunblane, after being tricked into sending intimate pictures to an Instagram contact. He thought it was a girl his own age, but it turned out to be overseas criminals involved in financially motivated sexual extortion.<\/p>\n

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\nExclusive: Lawsuit is the first UK case of its kind, with Ros and Mark Dowey accusing Meta of \u2018putting profit before our young people\u2019
\nThe parents of a 16-year-old who took his own life after he fell victim to a sextortion gang on Instagram are suing Meta for the alleged wrongful death of their son, in the first UK case of its kind.
\nMurray Dowey died in December 2023 at his family home in Dunblane, after being tricked into sending intimate pictures to an Instagram contact. He thought it was a girl his own age, but it turned out to be overseas criminals involved in financially motivated sexual extortion. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Exclusive: Lawsuit is the first UK case of its kind, with Ros and Mark Dowey accusing Meta of \u2018putting profit before our young people\u2019 The parents of a 16-year-old who took his own life after he fell victim to a sextortion gang on Instagram are suing Meta for the alleged wrongful death of their son, …<\/p>\n

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