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Article: Police target 200 children in 'Bebo' swoop
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- The Scotsman
- Article date:
- June 3, 2008
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POLICE have swooped on the homes of nearly 200 children
identified on internet sites such as Bebo, glorifying gang violence,
drinking and taking drugs.
Central Scotland Police trawled Bebo and other social networking
sites over several weeks during Operation Pincer, which the force
itself described as "intrusive".
A total of 182 youngsters - 80 in Falkirk, 37 in Clackmannanshire
and 66 in the Stirling district - received visits from police after
a catalogue of alarming comments, photographs and videos were
uncovered.
They included footage of a youngster stamping on another boy's
head, pictures of teenagers brandishing large amounts of alcohol and
images of guns.
As a result of the ...