[Following the suicide of a 20-year-old woman in Jaén as a result of cyberbullying, the lack of resources available to the State Security Forces and Corps to tackle this type of crime is once again brought to light.]

[…comments Selva Orejón, founder of the OnBranding consultancy, a cross-cutting agency that safeguards digital image and reputation, “of the last four cyberbullying cases we know of on social media, all four have ended in suicide.” This reality is closely linked to an “extreme” lack of specialized human personnel in the field within the State Security Forces and Corps, the lack of involvement by digital platforms in the prevention and detection of these cases, and finally, the imperative need to educate young people in this regard, starting from school.]

[“Police forces are lost when facing these types of crimes. They lack both the personnel and the appropriate equipment to deal with these cyberbullying cases. Furthermore,” adds Orejón, “social platforms are not doing their part. The technology to detect and stop these cases already exists, but it is not being used for this purpose,” explains the founder and CEO of OnBranding.]

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