Ariel Bogle
STORY ANGLES - Focus on societal and cultural impacts: Explores how movements or incidents affect communities, such as the rise of sovereign citizens or racism targeting specific groups.
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 5
- Latest publication
- Sep 18, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for The Guardian
- Top 1K sites
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- Jul 20, 2026
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Swedish teenager jailed for attempted murder, rape and assault committed online, with victims in Germany and Australia (opens the original)
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Eighteen-year-old known as Chai was active in networks notorious for their sadistic exploitation of young people A Swedish teenager known as Chai has been sentenced to more than 10 years in jail for attempted murder, rape and aggravated assault – crimes committed via the internet, including against a teenage girl in Australia. The district court found that Chai, 18, was active in online networks notorious for their sadistic extortion of young and vulnerable people, coercing them to create sexual
The sadistic online groomers targeting victims around the world â and a motherâs struggle to keep her daughter safe (opens the original)
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This month a predator with ties to the online extortion group known as 764 was sentenced to decades in prison. The mother of one of his victims wants parents to know the truth about this âharrowingâ global trend Sadistic online exploitation: five warning signs for parents - and how to keep young people safe âMy beautiful, kind, intelligent, trusting daughter had the misfortune of stumbling across a link in a Discord server that led her to your evil and cruel group. âThe grooming of her s
Sadistic online exploitation: five warning signs for parents â and how to keep young people safe (opens the original)
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Offenders use threats and manipulation to coerce victims to produce imagery or livestream sexually explicit acts, self-harm or animal cruelty. How can you protect your child? The sadistic online groomers targeting victims around the world â and a motherâs struggle to keep her daughter safe Inside the horrifying online network where children coerce others to commit violence and self-harm Authorities globally have warned about a sharp increase in the âsadistic online exploitationâ of young
Inside a meme factory: meet one of thousands of Indonesians trading political outrage clicks for Facebook cash (opens the original)
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Exclusive: Adira says she doesn’t know much about her target countries or even know who their leaders are. Instead she’s chasing money from Meta, which pays for engagement From her home in West Java, Adira* often starts the day with a Facebook post about coffee and the busy day ahead. Then she gets to work. In a Facebook group called Team Pauline Hanson, she shares a photo of the Australian senator and One Nation leader and asks its almost 26,000 members for thoughts about Hanson’s comments abou
Inside the horrifying online network where children coerce others to commit violence and self-harm (opens the original)
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The 764 network is just one part of a growing online ecosystem that pushes young members into brutal and degrading acts. It has perpetrators and victims in dozens of countries In late 2024, in a quiet suburb of Stockholm, a 14-year-old boy approached a man in his 80s who was using a walker. He stabbed the man three times in the back. The video of the attack in Hässelby was streamed and spread quickly. It fed a global online ecosystem that actively encourages and glorifies acts of violence and de
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