850 complaints lodges in Ministry of HR regarding online women harassment

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ISLAMABAD, Jun 25 (APP):A total of 850 complaints were lodged regarding online women harassment in 2018 said an official Ministry of Human Rights here on Tuesday.
                                                 
According to an official, over 60 percent women across the country have witnessed or affected from any form of abuse through internet or social media services. 
               
She also said that there was dire need to strengthen digital education with the aim of creating awareness about online safety in order to get rid from online harassment.
                                                        
As many as 85 percent women said abuse was mostly hurled by seemingly fake
accounts adding that 35 percent of women witnessed the most abuse on face book, she added. 

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