WASHINGTON, D.C. (WJW) – A proposed new federal law, that was inspired by the suicide of a Streetsboro High School student victimized by the online crime known as sextortion, cleared a major hurdle on Thursday.
The bill was unanimously approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
“It criminalizes the extortion and coercion of children using child sex abuse material known commonly as sextortion. There is currently no law that explicitly prohibits sextortion,” said Committee Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley (R) Iowa…