If a victim under the age of 18 dies, social media companies must now provide parents or guardians of those victims with ...

Braden’s Law, authored by state Rep. Brian Lorenz (R-Powell), was signed into law by Gov. Mike DeWine Wednesday.

Governor Mike DeWine is set to sign Braden's Law on Wednesday, a significant piece of legislation that will make sextortion a ...

House Bill 531 was named ‘Braden’s Law’ after Braden Markus, an Olentangy High School student who took his own life after ...

Governor Mike DeWine has signed a new bill into law aimed at protecting individuals from the harmful crime of sextortion. The ...

Ohio's ban on sexual extortion is named for Braden Markus, an Olentangy High School student who died by suicide in 2021.

The law signed Wednesday by Gov. Mike DeWine makes makes sexual extortion a third-degree felony, with harsher penalties ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio lawmakers passed a bill Thursday night that will make sextortion a felony in the state. House Bill 531 was named after Braden Markus, a 15-year-old boy who went to ...

But Ohio lawmakers passed a bevy of bills in 2024. They ran the gamut, from regulations on trans people's bathroom use, to ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio lawmakers passed a bill Thursday night that will make sextortion a felony in the state. House Bill 531 was named after Braden Markus, a 15-year-old boy who went to ...

A student wears a “22” pin to honor Braden Markus during a high school football game in Lewis Center in 2021. Ohio will criminalize sexual extortion and the grooming of children under ...