Student -only SNS "Himabe" ends the service on a hotbed of sexual crime case on a hotbed of sex crime ... Service limited to students "Himabe" ends this year

The popular SNS "Himabe" for young people will end the service on December 31, 2019."Himabe" is an app for smartphones for students, and boasted explosive popularity between junior high school students and university students.Despite the registration requirements for students only, the number of registrants exceeded 8 million and the number of posts per day was more than 6 million.

The end of the service was because the users met each other and were involved in various incidents.While there were students who disclosed personal information unnecessarily, adults who were not students were unauthorized, harassing minors, including junior and senior high school students, and used as dating apps.

According to the National Police Agency's announcement, 1811 in 2018 were damaged by children under the age of 18 due to SNS.Forgent, child prostitution, child pornography, etc., the most common SNS used is 718 Twitter."Himabe" is second in 214 people.In February this year, a 56 -year -old man has been arrested with sexual assaults to a 13 -year -old girl he met in the "Himabe".

Nanamee, which provides services, explains on the official blog as follows.

《Replacing other companies that cannot be managed and committing criminal acts or actually meeting and violent.There were many harassments and spoofing that put personal information on the timeline.Some adults registered for their age.This service, which was supposed to create a good connection, was abused by those who have such malicious intent, and sadness was created at the same time.

The operation was made to be healthy, such as setting up a school refusal and a high school dropout consultation room in Himabe, but was canceled without any worth.After the service was suspended, the students said, "I want you to continue.">> I'm sorrowful, but on the other hand, it's okay because there are only dangerous guys?There were also opinions such as.

"Himabe" started service in May 2015.Around 2010, "encounters" on SNS, such as Mobage, GREE, and mixi, became a problem, stricter operation, and many minors shifted to Himabe.Even if the "Himabe" is gone this time, it is highly likely that another service will spread as a dating.

In any case, if one service is gone, the decent user's relationship will disappear significantly.It is an inconvenient side of the SNS era.