{"id":303406,"date":"2025-12-18T15:00:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T15:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/parents-of-teenage-sextortion-victim-sue-meta-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T15:00:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T15:00:26","slug":"parents-of-teenage-sextortion-victim-sue-meta-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/parents-of-teenage-sextortion-victim-sue-meta-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents of teenage sextortion victim sue Meta | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/0BQmhhCKcgk\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Parents of teenage sextortion victim sue Meta | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0BQmhhCKcgk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A Scottish couple whose teenage son took his own life after being blackmailed on Instagram are suing the platform&#8217;s owner Meta, in what&#8217;s thought to be the first UK case of its kind.<\/p>\n<p>Murray Dowey was 16 when he died in his home in Dunblane in December 2023 after he was targeted by scammers posing as a young girl.<\/p>\n<p>His parents have now launched legal action against Meta in a US court seeking punitive damages claiming that Instagram was not safe. Their lawyers are claiming the company &quot;knew of safety features that would prevent sextortion&quot; prior to his death and instead &quot;prioritised profit&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Meta previously said it had made real changes to Instagram, and said it supports law enforcement to prosecute the criminals behind sextortion, adding &quot;we continue to fight them on our apps on multiple fronts&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news <\/p>\n<p>#Scotland #Meta #BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Scottish couple whose teenage son took his own life after being blackmailed on Instagram are suing the platform&#8217;s owner Meta, in what&#8217;s thought to be the first UK case of its kind. 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