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South Carolina Rep. Brandon Guffey (R) gave an emotional testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Children’s Safety in the Digital Era. According to Fox News, Guffey lost his ...

Guffey lost his son, Gavin, to suicide in July 2022 when he became a victim of a “sextortion” scheme. Credit: CSPAN ...

For South Carolina State Rep. Brandon Guffey, the fight is personal. His son, Gavin, took his own life after being targeted by online predators. “With something such as TAKE IT DOWN, it would allow ...

Brandon Guffey, right, sits next to his son Gavin, who died by suicide in 2022 after he was sextorted. “I felt like my soul was being ripped out of my body," Guffey says of losing Gavin.

A Minnesota parent is among others sharing how their teenage sons died by suicide within 24 hours of being financially sextorted.

“In July of 2022, I lost my oldest son, Gavin Guffey, to suicide,” said South Carolina state Rep. Brandon Guffey. Guffey described how an online predator targeted his son and subjected him to ...

I was humiliated." Republican South Carolina state Rep. Brandon Guffey also joined the group of lawmakers and the first lady, recounting how his 17-year-old son committed suicide in 2022 after he ...

A South Carolina lawmaker with a seat at the table with the first lady. Representative Brandon Guffey in Washington -- continuing his push for the Take it Down Act. The U.S. Secretary of ...

Two other victims, Francesca Mani, 16; Breeze Liu and state Rep. Brandon Guffey of South Carolina, whose son died by suicide after receiving deep fake threats also shared their stories at the ...

South Carolina state Rep. Brandon Guffey had never heard of sextortion before it happened to his 17-year-old son, Gavin, who died by suicide in July 2022. In the months after Gavin’s death ...