Young people are asked to send nude pictures - investigated as child pornography crimes

These are accounts that are closed to the public, but you can become a member if you upload a nude image to a named person. Accounts targeted at people in Sundsvall have appeared, closed down and then started again with similar names. The pictures are often the same. It also circulates lists of people with whom there are pictures.

“Girls and boys lie at home and feel pissed. And some girls and guys don't even know they are, writes a young girl online. She has reacted very strongly to what has happened. She also turns directly to the person who set up the account in Sundsvall: “A pardon from you will not fix an exposed person, they will not help. You destroyed a person's confidence, self-esteem, a way of life and maybe you did so a man chose to kill himself. "

The girl's posts have many comments and many show their support. At the same time, more people testify that the sharing of images continues. 

"Hands at my school now ... just want to die," writes a young boy.

Even in Härnösand the same phenomenon has emerged. The principals at Hedda Wisingsskolan and Wendela Hellmanskolan have informed the students' parents about what is going on. They point out that it is a criminal and very abusive act to post pictures of someone without their consent, "In some cases, false pictures are also posted where you claim that there is a person in the picture that it is not, that is, slander". , write the principals.

The events in Härnösand will be reported to the police and the parents of the students whom the principals know have been exposed will be contacted. The principals also write in their letter to the parents that they are concerned about the conflicts that have arisen between students due to the divisions.

The police announce via their website that there are several cases concerning various accounts on social media where images of children and adolescents are published.
These are images that are classified as child pornography offenses.

Submissions received include, among other things, the exploitation of children for sexual orientation, child pornography offenses, unlawful infringement of privacy. These investigations are now being led by prosecutors.

The police ask anyone who has knowledge of who or who is behind the accounts to inquire at telephone number 11414. They also want to ask the guardians to be aware of what the young people are doing and to have a dialogue with them about their presence online.