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flag A B.C. man got 5 years for meeting a minor via Snapchat and exploiting her online.

flag A 33-year-old Surrey, B.C., man, Dillon Caleb Partanen, was sentenced to five years in prison for sex crimes involving a minor he met via Snapchat, with offenses occurring in April 2024 after online contact began in 2023. flag He was arrested the same day, ordered to register on the National Sex Offender Registry, and provide a DNA sample. flag The case reflects growing concerns over online child exploitation, with the Canadian Centre for Child Protection reporting 127 cases of extreme online violence from June 2022 to December 2025, including 70 in 2025 alone, mostly involving teenage girls and coercive tactics like blackmail and doxxing. flag Authorities warn social media platforms increasingly enable predators to target youth.

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