Inside the bold B.C. campaign to crush child sextortion [Video]

Leo MacIsaac, a 6th grader in Vancouver, is like any other kid his age. When he gets home from school, he usually goes online and sends funny videos or pictures of his pets to friends on chat app Discord. 

He had no idea Discord was how some extortionists subtly targeted kids like him online, until he sat through a workshop at his school by B.C. group Children of the Street.

Predators often start by messaging kids about things like video games or something else seemingly harmless, before luring them into a private chat or onto another platform, presenter Serina Tarr told students at Laura Secord Elementary School, in March. 

“That was a little bit surprising. I thought it would be a little bit more obvious, ” said MacIsaac. 

But it’s not always obvious when a child is being targeted, said Jen Graham, the director of Children of the Street, which …