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"We have an average of 5 cases a year where we find children with disturbing behavior on Tik-Tok, Facebook or other Internet applications, who behave inappropriately - plan to kill themselves or injure themselves.

In effect, we save them by contacting them and their parents immediately." 

This was told by the head of the "Cybercrime" department at the State Security Service, Vladimir Dimitrov, writes the Telegraph.

"We've also had cases where teenagers hurt themselves by showing themselves on the internet for self-promotion.

I can say that at least twice a year they happen.

In one, a 15-year-old girl explained that she was depressed, sad and planning to go to a "better place."

We immediately found the parents and told them what their child was doing on social media and what they were warning about.

After that, they turned to a psychologist," Commissioner Dimitrov said.

According to him, in such situations, it is necessary to act quickly in order to avoid fatal consequences.

The IP address of the computer the child is writing from is found and the police are dispatched to the scene.

"They are usually girls and boys from troubled families, some are divorced, others are raised by grandparents, there are also those who show a lack of parental attention.

Children who run away from welfare homes often resort to similar methods of threats.

They try to show that they are different through this self-promotion in front of the public.

However, when we intervene, things change," Cyber ​​Police Officer #1 added. 

The other hit that is currently spreading on social media is minors taking pictures and uploading nude photos.

However, Tik-Tok has special software that detects naked bodies and directly blocks the clips.

A woman from Veliko Tarnovo tried to commit suicide live on TikTok

"Very often we get the so-called

Tik-Tok reports of similar scenes.

Recently, we had about two Bulgarian girls aged 11 and 12, who bathe naked in the bathroom and take pictures of themselves, and then try to upload the clip.

The filters block them, we get the information and again contact their parents," said the head of the Cybercrime Department. 

In addition to saving children who want to kill themselves, special police officers also prevent much more dangerous situations with possible innocent victims.

A few months ago, they arrested a man from a Burgas village who threatened to break into a school and kill children.

"There is an online platform for free psychological help.

It is usually used by ex-military personnel in the US.

The Bulgarian said that he was not feeling well mentally, he was going to go somewhere and hurt someone.

Immediately the States sent us a signal.

We located him and detained him.

He confessed and repented.

He said that he was unstable and that's why he said it," said the head of the Cybercrime Department at GDBOP.

It later turned out that the man worked in a workshop, but before that he was a batcher abroad.

Learned a few words of English and discovered the platform.

Every year, at least 2-3 of our citizens write on the site, pointing to the data of the anti-mafia. 

However, the bloodiest case is from a year ago.

A man from a Sofia village committed suicide while broadcasting live on his Facebook.

He blew himself in the head with a gun.

“The video was reported by his friends who saw it, then it was taken down.

It was active for about 20 minutes.

In such cases we are powerless.

Then we block any access to such clips," Commissioner Dimitrov added.