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July 02, 2020 | Cyber Crime

Reference: F-2020-02119

Request

Request 1

For all crimes that fall under the home office offence sub group of “stalking and harassment” between Feb 1 2020 and Nov 9 2020, inclusive of both dates, please provide the number of crimes that include the keywords “Facebook”, “Twitter”, “Instagram”, “Snapchat”, “Whatsapp” or “TikTok” in the modus operandi report. Please also provide the dates that each of these incidents took place. If you have a flag for online/cyber crimes, please tell me how many of these crimes were flagged as such. For the most recent 100 crimes, please provide the contents of the modus operandi report.

Request 2

For all crimes that fall under the home office offence sub group of “stalking and harassment” between Feb 1 2020 and Nov 9 2020, inclusive of both dates, please provide the number of crimes that include the keywords “Tinder”, “Hinge”, “Grindr” or “Bumble” in the modus operandi report. Please also provide the dates that each of these incidents took place. If you have a flag for online/cybercrimes, please tell me how many of these crimes were flagged as such. For the most recent 100 crimes, please provide the contents of the modus operandi report.

Response

Cyber Harassment on Social Media and Dating Apps