16 January 2015 5 3K Report

Dear researchers, I am looking forward reading paper about function of "report post" on facebook. As we know, "report post" means that once the post has violent, pornographic, discriminated, and so on content, facebook website managers could close the page you reported once it violated users' regulations.

In Taiwan, however, the function of "report post" becomes alternative tool to eliminate others' posts which you do not like them. The obvious phenomenon appears the latter half of 2014 when Taiwanese people were crazy on mayor and legislator election. Most of the politicians started to show their opinion and policy on Facebook. Meanwhile, their same political-oriented supporters began to insult, ask apposite supporters to shut up, or ask them to propose better opinion, or even to report politician or ordinary Facebook users' posts. Therefore, a party's opinion could continually posted on website, the opposite party's opinion soon be challenged or reported to close. Some Facebook users complained that even they did not violate Facebook usage regulation, their account or photos were reported by opposite party supporters as "violated Facebook Rules" or "pornographic picture".

The related keyword is "cyberbullying". I roughly search the net and find that most of the papers are about teenagers and schools. Do you guys know any research about "political cyberbullying related to the function of report post on Facebook"? Thank you.

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