Police after criticism of the paw day: "We would have been clearer that the source is not clear"

Every day, people do so-called "Tiktok challenges" where they challenge each other to do different things.

The police have issued information in a Facebook post that young boys are encouraged to paw at girls and film it, this paw day is according to information to the police to take place on 15 April.

Jönköping police Patrik Widell, with over 650,000 followers on Tiktok, has also made videos with information that the call abounds on social media and told young people that it is not allowed to paw at anyone without their permission.

But the police have chosen to warn people on social media, even though they themselves have not seen any post about this call.

- We should perhaps be clearer that the source was not clear, says Lena Larsson, crime inspector at the Police's national operational department, Noa.

"Be important to tell"

Lena Larsson goes on to say that the police have received information from schools where children have drawn attention to the fact that they are encouraged to take up the challenge and that the police chose to inform the public for preventive purposes.

- We thought it was important to tell that this actually happens online and that adults and parents know that such challenges come all the time, says Lena Larsson.

Jack Werner is a co-founder of Källkritikbyrån and has criticized the claims about the paw day that flourished.

In the clip above, the police are asked what they actually know about the "paw day"