Stop posting pics of my dead sister
Fury of tragic Brit’s brother as Facebook is slow to act
made aware of this content we remove it. People often use Facebook and Instagram to share stories in the news and this can result in content appearing that some may find upsetting.”
The social network giant initially said that while the ima images could cause distress, they were not in breach of their community guidelines. Amelia went missing in Cambodia 10 days ago and was found on Thursday. She is believed to have accidentally drowned after leaving a beach party.
The picture reported by brother Harry, from Worthing, West Sussex, was posted on an account with a caption that said: “Forensic Friday! Tattoo identification was super helpful this week in an investigation involving a young woman.
“Her family provided multiple photos, including the top photo of her tattoo of a Highland cow. Searchers were able to identify her body based on the clothes she was wearing when last seen, along with her tattoos.”
The account holder later removed the images after being approached for comment by the Sunday Mirror – but only after 11,000 had “liked” it on Instagram and yet more did the same on her Facebook page.
The woman behind the post also runs a blog which claims to include “content too extreme for social media” – including beheadings.
It is the latest scandal around the sharing of ghoulish content.
Two people were jailed for viewing video of the postmortem of Cardiff striker Emiliano Sala, 28, who died in a plane crash. Pictures also appeared online.
A spokesman for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport said statutory steps were being taken to “tackle a wide range of online harms, including limiting the spread of distasteful and harmful content”.