UK Police: Facebook crimes rose 540 percent in 3 years
Police in London say there have been more than 100,000 crimes linked to Facebook in the past five years - with 7, 545 calls from the public concerned about the social networking site just this year.
Sure, Facebook usage around the world is on the rise – the company hit 500 million active users in July, but it also appears Facebook-related crimes are following a similar growth rate, at least as reported in the UK.
Police in London say there have been more than 100,000 crimes linked to Facebook in the past five years – with 7, 545 calls from the public concerned about the social networking site just this year.
This compares with just 1,411 calls related to Facebook in 2005, the year the network began to gain popularity, according to The Daily Mail.
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