Libération – Poor handling of cyberbullying complaints at police stations

Complaints about cyberbullying: at the police station, «they laughed in my face»

She went to the police station about thirty times. Only seven times did she manage to file a complaint. The rest of the time? «They told me I should just leave social media,» «I brought USB sticks with evidence, they lost three of them,» «they laughed in my face.»Delphine persisted for over a year and a half to advance the investigation. During this time, every day, the then 20-year-old student received pornographic photomontages with her face on the Internet, photos of her taken in the street, rape threats, masturbation videos... Messages sent from anonymous accounts.

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