The concern over prostitution follows recent complaints that crimes involving Facebook and Twitter have increased 780 per cent over the last four years.
This included offences committed on the sites, such as posting abusive messages, and those which were provoked by postings, including violent attacks.
But researchers said police forces refused to tackle the issue of prostitution because of the perception that it is a ?victimless crime?. According to The Times, a parliamentary committee on prostitution has pledged to investigate the problem after the revelations.
The researchers said that, in the past, the calling cards of prostitutes had littered the walls of phone boxes, but social networks had become a more common way to attract clients.
Facebook said that it encourages people ?to use the reporting tools on almost every page of the site so we can take swift action against content or behaviour that breaks our rules.?
Mills Kelly, from George Mason University in the US, who has studied the impact of the internet on prostitution, said: ?If you want an escort or sex worker in any major city in the world, Facebook is a good place to start your search."
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