There are fears that a dangerous trend where children are filmed being attacked and the footage put out on social media will end in tragedy.
Industry experts believe the growing craze is seen as "sport" and "amusement" and could lead to a child being killed with the result shared on social media. Last week the ECHO covered a worrying case where a 12-year-old girl was lured to a park and set by a gang of children in a sickening attack filmed on mobile phones.
The video footage shared with the ECHO showed the girl being dragged to the floor, punched in the face and kicked by another girl. Children knocked on the girl's front door and asked her to come to the park before she was subjected to an attack that Merseyside Police branded as "despicable and cowardly".
