The anonimity of online social networks and interactions can lead people do to do things they would never do otherwise, even actions that can result in criminal charges in Wisconsin. Eighteen year old high school student Anthony Stanci of New Berlin faces several charges after a conducting a “sinister” series of offenses on boys he lured on Facebook, the popular social networking site.
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According to the Associated Press, Stanci posed as a girl on Facebook and convinced 31 male school mates, as young as 15, to send him photos and videos featuring them partially or completely nude. Once they were received he blackmailed them into performing sexual acts or allowing him to perform sex acts on them. read more
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