Parents of sextortion victim sue Meta for alleged wrongful death
by Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent from Technology | The Guardian on (#727ZP)
Exclusive: Lawsuit is the first UK case of its kind, with Ros and Mark Dowey accusing Meta of putting profit before our young people'
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.
Murray 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.
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