Police, Video | Video of nine-year-old spread throughout Norway: – Naive to think it hasn’t arrived here

(Fredrikstad Blad/Nidaros): That’s what the Police Nettpatrulje writes on Facebook.

Spread across the country

The incident took place in Follo, but the video is spreading across the country.

– Without saying too much, the video contains a nine-year-old girl who is tormented by two 12-year-old girls, Jostein Dammyr tells FB.

He is a police chief and leader of the Nettpatruljen in the East police district.

Dammyr further explains that if you have seen the video, you know you have seen it.

He therefore does not want to go into more depth about what it contains, for the sake of those involved.

Anita Kjønnøy, head of the Nettpatruljen in Trøndelag police district, tells Nidaros that they have not been tipped off that the video in question is being spread in Trøndelag, but that it would be naive to believe that it is not.

– Pictures and videos spread quickly and we assume that children and young people here in Trøndelag have also seen it, as we have seen in other national video sharing cases, she says.

– A new humiliation

Most people who spread the video do so, according to Dammyr, to catch the two people behind it.

But even if the idea is perhaps to support the vulnerable girl, it works against its purpose.

– In addition to the fact that it is illegal, each new sharing of the video is a new humiliation for the victim, says Dammyr.

– The incident is bad, but the spread makes it worse, he quickly follows up.

– Hardly any prison sentence

– We must remind everyone that it is a criminal offense to share this type of video, writes Nettpatruljen on Facebook.

– What reactions can you get?

– The law says imprisonment of up to one year or fines. Now there will hardly be any prison sentence as a result of this video, but for those over 15 there may be fines, Dammyr replies.

– For those under 15, for example, the phone can be confiscated by the police, he adds.

Gapestok culture is worrying

Dammyr further says that they see several cases where someone is looking to catch perpetrators by hanging them out on social media.

– The Gapestok culture worries us, says Dammyr.

He says that several of the shares of this video have led to threats to both harm and kill the two who carried out the act.

– It’s an ugly video, but we have to remember that it’s young girls. When it is shared on social media, it goes beyond all propositions. What is happening now can mark them for life, he continues.

Dammyr asks people to trust the judiciary, and that they do the job that needs to be done.

In this, as in most other cases, the police have full control.

– We know about the incident, we know who the people involved are, and we are working on the case. There is no point chasing them through social media, he explains.

Talk to your child

Nettpatruljen encourages parents to talk to their children about the video in question, and about social media in general.

But first they have to go for a spin with themselves. Dammyr says that many adults also share these types of videos.

– We receive messages daily from people who, against their will, share videos of themselves on social media. Children have a lot to do there, he says.

– You have a responsibility as a parent when you let your children be on social media. Then you also have to teach them the rules, he continues.

Anita Kjønnøy in Trøndelag police district states that the police have created a digital lecture for children and young people that deals with this topic. The lecture is available on the police’s website.

– We see that we in the police have to get information out at a younger age and have involved citizens, schools, parents and others who work with children and young people about which topics we should talk about. This became one of the topics included in the lecture.

There will also be a digital parents’ meeting containing this theme after Easter, Kjønnøy further warns.

– This must be prevented. We cannot believe that violence, harassment and physical incidents will not happen in the future. But we must prevent ourselves from the culture of sharing. We can manage that together with children and young people and their parents.