Two years ago, there were stricter penalties for sharing offensive images, films and audio recordings of others. Now such sharing can be punished with imprisonment for up to two years. Nevertheless, it still happens, and most recently during the fatal accident in Florø on Friday. Three young people died and two adults were injured after two cars collided and caught fire. About 30–50 young people were standing around filming with their mobile phones. – Naudetatane asked them to pull away, but shortly afterwards they were back. They climbed over the fence and into the garden to take pictures. It is not acceptable, says freelance photographer Truls Kleiven, who himself went out and took the picture. The police are asking people to think twice before sharing on social media from traffic jams. Photo: Ole Kristian Svalheim / news Pictures and videos of the burning car were spread on social media shortly after. The same was the name and picture of the three who died, say young people whom news has spoken to. news has also seen that relatives react to sharing on social media. At the expense of privacy Norway is one of the world’s most digitized countries, where around 96 per cent of all Norwegians have a smartphone. This makes it quick and easy to take and share photos. Easy accessibility has created several challenges linked to traffic accidents. In recent years, many people have been fined for filming while driving past an accident site. In 2020, the Personal Protection Commission was established by the Solberg government, and in October 2022 the report came out. – One of the main findings is a consistent tendency for digitization to come at the expense of privacy, the commission writes in the report. In 2021, there will be stricter penalties for sharing offensive images, films and audio recordings of others. Several people shared the photo on the same night as the accident. Here is the other car. The people in this car came away from the accident with minor injuries. Photo: Fredrik Johan Helland / news – Scary and unacceptable – It’s scary. I don’t think they know what they are doing, says Truls Kleiven. As an experienced photographer, he knows how to act in the event of accidents. He has also made up his mind which picture he can take, and which picture is suitable for publication. He doesn’t think young people think about such assessments. At the weekend, he was in contact with the emergency services after the accident. Like him, they had reacted to all the young people who took pictures. – They think it has gotten worse, adds Kleiven. The police also encourage people to think about: – Both what they write, what they share and what they comment on, says Wenke Hope, head of services in Florø. The police and parish priest ask people to think before sharing photos from accident scenes. Photo: Truls Kleiven Filming at accident sites and sharing on social media is far from unique. When a woman ended up under the wheel of a lorry in Tromsø in 2018, many bystanders were present. Half of them stood with mobile phones and took pictures or videos. Head of the order section at the police in Tromsø, Yngve Widding, called the behavior of people disrespectful. – Extra traumatizing to be filmed Vicar Bakke Nydal in Florø also goes against taking pictures and sharing them on social media. – I get bored. People know that they should not share this, says the priest, who asks people to pull together. – There is someone who has lost their youth and who knows that this grief is mine. It is so easy to post videos and names, but this is not public. Parish priest Erling Bakke Nydal asks people to think again after the video spread from the fatal accident in Florø. Photo: Ole Kristian Svalheim / news The Personal Injury Association works to help people who have been exposed to personal injuries and fatal accidents. Their members often say that they have been singled out for filming at accident scenes and sharing on social media. – To be stuck and see that people are more interested in photographing you than being helpful is extra traumatizing for many people, says Per Oretorp of the Personal Injury Association. Sharing the names of the injured and the dead is also a problem they hear about. Oretorp says the problem has gotten bigger, something they look at with concern. – Many young people grow up with social media and many probably live through a filter.
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Video of burnt car in fatal accident in Florø shared on social media – news Vestland
