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Prakriti Sinha
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Facebook involved in 32% of cyber-bullying cases in UK. Facebook become 32.5% of cyber-bullying cases., along with revenue porn & harassment.

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Facebook involved in 32% of cyber-bullying cases in UK LONDON: facebook became used in 32.5% of cyber-bullying cases, along with revenge porn and harassment, in Britain final 12 months, prompting fears that the social media platform can be supplying a safe haven for those who harass others, the media said. there was also proof of sexual abuse, disclosure of revenge porn aimed toward blackmailing or defrauding and harsh on line bullying campaigns. "facebook is still now not doing sufficient to guard its customers from cyber-bullying and wishes to step up its sport," The sun quoted Clare Ambrosino from Parliament road, a Britain-primarily based innovative younger assume-tank, as pronouncing on Sunday. "facebook is the favoured media for the very young and it's miles essential that they are saved safe," Ambrosino brought. in line with a research by Parliament street, 19,320 incidents of cyber- bullying, which include revenge porn and harassment, were reported to the police in Britain last year. Out of these, the police stepped into nearly 6,300 cyber-bullying incidents. whilst fb changed into concerned in 32.5% of these cases in 2016, Twitter accounted for just 0.nine% of cases -- no matter having a market percentage of five% of social media use in Britain. "We take humans's safety very seriously on facebook. however, if humans experience that they can be in true damage we would urge them to contact the police as well," a fb spokesman was quoted as announcing. "regrettably there'll continually be malicious those who harass human beings both on-line and offline"
"We provide reporting links on every web page of our website online in order that humans can file content material to us enabling our teams to check and take brief motion," the spokesman stated.

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  • 1. Facebook involved in 32% of cyber-bullying cases in UK LONDON: facebook became used in 32.5% of cyber-bullying cases, along with revenge porn and harassment, in Britain final 12 months, prompting fears that the social media platform can be supplying a safe haven for those who harass others, the media said. there was also proof of sexual abuse, disclosure of revenge porn aimed toward blackmailing or defrauding and harsh on line bullying campaigns. "facebook is still now not doing sufficient to guard its customers from cyber-bullying and wishes to step up its sport," The sun quoted Clare Ambrosino from Parliament road, a Britain-primarily based innovative younger assume-tank, as pronouncing on Sunday. "facebook is the favoured media for the very young and it's miles essential that they are saved safe," Ambrosino brought. in line with a research by Parliament street, 19,320 incidents of cyber- bullying, which include revenge porn and harassment, were reported to the police in Britain last year. Out of these, the police stepped into nearly 6,300 cyber-bullying incidents. whilst fb changed into concerned in 32.5% of these cases in 2016, Twitter accounted for just 0.nine% of cases -- no matter having a market percentage of five% of social media use in Britain. "We take humans's safety very seriously on facebook. however, if humans experience that they can be in true damage we would urge them to contact the police as well," a fb spokesman was quoted as announcing. "regrettably there'll continually be malicious those who harass human beings both on-line and offline"
  • 2. "We provide reporting links on every web page of our website online in order that humans can file content material to us enabling our teams to check and take brief motion," the spokesman stated.