Experts say that technology access should come with age-appropriate conversations with trusted adults about people who might try to talk to them online, in order to protect them from scary realities.

Tre Von Harris, 19, was recently indicted by a federal grand jury in Austin on two counts of sexual exploitation of children and one count of interstate communication of a threat/extortion.

Sextortion is a form of online blackmail that involves a victim being threatened or coerced into sending money or explicit images online.

It's a form of online blackmailing that's taken hold of children across the nation, including San Antonio. Sextortion has become such an enormous problem, the FBI is on a mission to warn the public and teach parents what to look for.