Facebook pages arouse Netsafe concerns

&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;" alignright size-full wp-image-403" style&equals;"margin&colon; 5px&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;schoolnewsnz&period;fastrackdev&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;05&sol;Facebook&lowbar;Logo&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Facebook Logo" width&equals;"200" height&equals;"150" &sol;>Internet advice agency Netsafe has told the Law Commission that it is concerned about a &&num;8220&semi;proliferation of anonymous Facebook pages used to publish derogatory and often sexually explicit rumours about students&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> <&excl;--more--> <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The commission reported&colon; &&num;8220&semi;The first of these gossip pages to come to their attention included &&num;8216&semi;extremely derogatory&&num;8217&semi; comments about students and ultimately is thought to have played some part in the suicide of a young girl&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The commission suggested creating a new commissioner or a tribunal with powers to order internet providers to take down such pages if they breach any law and are likely to result in psychological or other harm&period;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi; <&sol;p>&NewLine;