UNDER SCRUTINY: The“Facebook murder,” caused widespread debate in Netherlands about the role of social media in violent crime. - Reuters
ARNHEM (The Netherlands): A 15-year-old Dutch boy was sentenced to a year in juvenile detention for stabbing a girl to death. Her Facebook posts reportedly led to a contract for her killing.
The case, known in the Netherlands as the “Facebook murder,” caused widespread debate about the role of social media in violent crime.
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