“Disgusting”, “horrific”, “terrible”, and “at best, highly irresponsible”.

These were just a few of the opinions expressed by Courier readers following our investigation into social media pages Rebreak News and Rebreak Scotland.

We revealed earlier this month how the site had been accused of humiliating children, glorifying antisocial behaviour and even potentially putting criminal trials at risk through the content it shared.

Parents, anti-violence campaigners, former police officers and even a bus company spoke out.

People were right to be horrified.

There was little and often no justification for the sharing of these videos and images.

Pages like Rebreak are still getting away with it

But what is equally horrifying is that hardly anyone has bothered to do anything about it – and that means pages like Rebreak are still getting away with it.

To the shock of no one in The Courier newsroom, the site has been at the centre of controversy once again in recent days.

Bosses at the Overgate felt compelled to call the Rebreak Scotland Facebook page out when it posted a video claiming an assault had been filmed in the shopping centre.

Those running the site eventually changed the caption to admit their error.

But they left the original post on their X page and failed to correct the misinformation – it was still there at the time of writing.

What’s more, while there was a half-hearted attempt to censor the video when shared on Facebook, no such efforts were made on X – where the victim’s identity was clear for all to see.

The site also came in for further criticism from anti-knife campaigner Kris Boyle, who accused Rebreak of glamourising crime after it shared more videos of violent incidents.

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