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ArticleSecurity journal2023

Blackmail and the self-disclosure of sensitive information on social media: prevalence, victim characteristics and reporting behaviours amongst Omani WhatsApp users.

Abdullah Al Habsi, Michelle Butler, Andrew Percy

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Article in Security journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Abdullah Al HabsiSchool of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, Queen's University Belfast, 6 College Park, Belfast, BT7 1NN UK.
Michelle ButlerSchool of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, Queen's University Belfast, 6 College Park, Belfast, BT7 1NN UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6983-6215
Andrew PercySchool of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, Queen's University Belfast, 6 College Park, Belfast, BT7 1NN UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4156-1536

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Increasing numbers of social media users report being blackmailed on social media following their sharing of sensitive and personal information. However, little is known about this emerging crime and its victims. Using a survey of adult WhatsApp users in Oman (

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CybercrimeOnline blackmailSelf-disclosureSensitive informationSocial mediaWhatsApp

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PMID40478966
PMCPMC10122079

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