Twitter And Facebook Criminal Complaints Drastically Increase
Have you ever been harassed online? Seems more and more people are – and they’re reporting it.
The bright side of this news? Authorities are taking online harassment seriously and those responsible are being held accountable.
The Independent reports that “complaints of crimes involving Facebook and Twitter have increased 780 per cent in four years” in the UK. That’s a lot of angry posts!
The phenomenon of social networking crime was comparatively minor in 2008 with 556 reports made to police, according to the statistics released by 29 police forces in England, Scotland and Wales under the Freedom of Information Act.
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