Police have launched an investigation into 42 confession pages that were spreading false information about students and teachers.
In a message to the media, police said the cybercrime centre has launched special measures to curb the increasing number of cyberbullying incidents.
"Instagram confession pages belonging to 22 schools in Male' were taken over last week. Family and Child Protection (FCP) and the Cyber Crime Centre are investigating 20 more such confession pages," they stated.
Police said many of the pages are run by school children and a large number of school children have become victims of cyberbullying. Such pages are run anonymously.
“The pages are created and operated anonymously to spread false information about other students and teachers, ridiculing and insulting, as well as posting mentally abusive content,” the police said.
Cyberbullying or harassment via the internet has become very common recently. Some schools have been conducting parent awareness programs.
