Father Dangled Baby Outside 15th Floor Window for ‘Likes’ on FaceBook, Sent to Jail

Father jailed after posting this photo on Facebook with the caption: “1,000 likes or I will drop him”https://t.co/PGkpNljJNc pic.twitter.com/FoYSJWVXwg

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In a horrible display of perversion for social media applause, a cruel father dangled his baby outside his 15th floor apartment in a high-rise building in Algiers, capital of Algeria, took a picture of it and put it on FaceBook demanding a minimum of 1,000 likes or else he threatened to drop the baby, news site Al Arabiya reported.

The caption of the photo read:”1,000 likes or I will drop him.” Soon it went viral on social media with netizens demanding his immediate arrest for child abuse. The incident took place on Sunday, June 18, 2017 in Algeria and the man was promptly sent to jail for two years, instead of getting “likes” on his Facebook account.

It is becoming a phenomenon around the globe to beg, buy or force ‘Likes’ on Facebook page.

Recent manipulation to get millions of likes and followers on Facebook by a Thai leader was criticised by none other than the country’s Prime Minister, who ridiculed that it is becoming a booming business in online forums as people are going crazy for public attention. A study in Thailand revealed that politicians have been buying millions of likes on Facebook to showcase.

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha recently pointed out that the number of “likes” and followers in social media could be manipulated by emerging “click farms”, hired to boost online-media likes for a number of people including Chinese products.

Click farms are hired by marketers seeking to boost their companies and their ranking algorithms to ensure products are given priority, and fake news writers are mushrooming to get on “most read” lists. Prayut has ordered police to investigate and try to determine the motive behind such brazen buying of ‘Likes”.