Be critical and check the sender before you share material on social media.
this is the sound of the council from the agency in a new campaign launched Thursday.
– Several places abroad, there are big problems with that damaging information, and stories to be shared and go viral in a crisis.
– It is something that we as a society and as the public need to be very aware of here at home also, says communications manager Lars Aabjerg Pedersen.
the Campaign, which kicks off with a video on Facebook called #TænkFørDuDeler.
It comes at a time when the sharing of an infringing video of a sexual intercourse between two 15-year-old has led to the indictment of up to 1000 young people.
Recently, several schools warned against the sharing of a video shot by the suspected terrorists, who shows a brutal femicide.
However, the contents do not need to have an offensive content to be harmful, says the agency.
It can also be about to put rumors in circulation, which can opskræmme the population.
for Example, since in april 2018 went the rumor that an armed person at a HF and VUC-centre in Elsinore had loosened shot.
It was not true, and the police denied it on social media and in the press.
And when a hurricane hit The Us Virgin islands in the fall of 2017, was sent fake vejrvarsler in circulation, and they could create confusion and uncertainty.
the Point of the campaign is not that people absolutely need not to share krisebudskaber, says Lars Aabjerg Pedersen.
– The here campaign is not about to let the be with to share things, but to share the right things. And with the right things we mean the things, there are some reports, from credible sources, among other authorities.
Question: But why is it a task for the agency to lift the index finger?
– for many years We have been dealing with crisis communication to the population, among other things, through the operation of the varslingssirener around the country.
– Now we entered a new reality, where social media is the news, that when as soon as out.
– Therefore, it is natural for us to ask people to think about, when there are accidents and disasters, so in an emergency situation do not indiscriminately share all of the information and are thus likely to scare or create panic, says Lars Aabjerg Pedersen.
