Blackmailing girls and encouraging suicide: the young British men in online gangs

Two teenagers have been convicted of crimes as a result of their membership of dangerous online groupsOnline gangs of teenage boys sharing extreme material are ‘emerging threat’ in UKOnline gangs of young men sharing violent and misogynistic material and collaborating on online and offline crimes are an emerging threat, the UK’s national crime agency has warned.Here are two recent examples of people who have been convicted for crimes perpetrated as a result of their membership of dangerous online groups. Continue reading...

Mar 25, 2025 - 21:00
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Blackmailing girls and encouraging suicide: the young British men in online gangs

Two teenagers have been convicted of crimes as a result of their membership of dangerous online groups

Online gangs of young men sharing violent and misogynistic material and collaborating on online and offline crimes are an emerging threat, the UK’s national crime agency has warned.

Here are two recent examples of people who have been convicted for crimes perpetrated as a result of their membership of dangerous online groups. Continue reading...