My partner has a gen Z brother. Recently her insta and tiktok handles were blasted on a throwaway tiktok account along with her brother's. She didn't even know until the person contacted her directly, saying her brother was a predator etc..

My partner, having dealt with predatory behaviour herself; obviously wanted to hear her out.

Anyway the issue was he'd apparently hypnotised her over discord chat (not voice/video) into calling herself a different name and buying heels instead of vans. That was the most coherent version of events we could get, as she just kept reiterating that he "stole her mind". She lives in the USA around 2,500m away from where we are, and they've never met in person.

Ultimately it was left advising the poor girl to speak to a professional, as it seemed like she was having a bit of a breakdown, as well as advising her to speak to authorities if she felt predatory behaviour had been committed, rather than attempting to doxx his unknowing family members online.

Honestly it's the most 'much ado about nothing' situation I've heard in a long time; and brought back not so fond memories of being an emotionally unstable teenager myself.

Hang in there gen Z. Brain juice levels out soon, and you'll be picking up old people hobbies like fishing or pottery instead of feeling everything at once in no time.