Its payback time, Trollers beware.
According to the Daily Telegraph, Social networking website Facebook has now planned to develop a new security measure to combat bullying and offensive messages, termed “trolling” in internet lingo.
“Trolling” in internet jargon means bombarding users with offensive messages or abuse. This is done by anonymous Facebook users. ”
”, a Facebook spokesperson said.
The Facebook officials are now working on combating this problem so that users can get better services and such abuses can be taken care of.
The spokesperson also said that while the giant social networking site has employed “robust” operations, the engineers are developing new programmes to combat the problem.
Generally a number of tribute pages have been targeted by trollers, including the ones dedicated to the American soldiers who have died in Afghanistan.
As of now, users have to manually delete such messages by clicking on the “delete” option. But since complaints against abuses are growing everyday, Facebook has said that it is now working on systems that would automatically delete abuse.
Mr. Jim Gamble, Britain’s official for Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP), who has been working with the site to fight this cyber menace, has welcomed the move.
According to Gamble the “ClickCEOP” application was launched in July this year, and ever since it was downloaded more than 10,000 times. The application helps the users to report cyber crimes and problems by providing them with a link through which they can get advices and help.
Facebook definitely is trying hard to keep miscreants on the back foot. Let’s see how far they succeed, although if such a system is developed, it will be a great relief to the users.
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