Meta hands over 'sextortion' data following criticism
Meta has handed over data related to a Scottish teenager who died by suicide after becoming a victim of a sextortion gang on Instagram. Murray Dowey was 16 when he took his own life last December, and his mother, Ros Dowley, has been campaigning for the tech giant to hand over the the information, after it was requested by Police Scotland and a court order. Meta is now working with the relevant authorities and has supplied the data. Ros revealed that she was “glad” the company - which owns and operates social media brands like Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp - was working with police but expr...