Someone can STEAL your reputation!

WATCH OUT FOR THE MAN IN THE RED CAR! His name is Hansen and he’s a rapist. Pass it on, watch out for the man in the red car, his name is Hansen and he’s a rapist. Pass it on, watch out for the man in the red car, his name is Hansen and he’s a rapist. Pass it on, watch out for the man in the red car...

Most things spread like wildfire via text messaging. It is entirely possible that Hansen is a rapist. Maybe it is important to watch out for him. But who sent the first message? Is it ok to forward it? Might it be that Hansen isn’t a rapist at all, but just stole someone else’s girlfriend, and that someone is now out to get revenge?

Impossible to stop
 Once a rumor has been started, it isn’t easy to stop. Once an image has been sent from your mobile, there’s no “Undo” button. Once you log off MSN, it’s too late to say you didn’t mean what you wrote.
When the false allegations you posted online about the school’s most hopeless teacher are read by the teacher’s colleague, you could end up being punished under the Criminal Code.

For most people, a life without the Internet and a mobile phone is unthinkable. The world is getting smaller and circles of friends are getting larger.

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Mobile phones and the Internet offer us fantastic opportunities, which previous generations never had. But they also give us unprecedented opportunities to hurt each other. Research has shown that bullying online and via mobile phone is a significant problem among young Norwegians.

Students egg each other on to fight in the school yard. Someone films the whole thing with their mobile phone and then posts it online. The guy who’s the most drunk at the party is persuaded to strip in front of the camera. The next day, the whole world can access the images both online and by mobile phone.

A former friend “steals” Kari’s identity and sends an unpleasant text message to their group of friends, with Kari’s number listed as the sender. There is no more effective way to spread a message than online and
by text message. For good and ill.

Think for yourself
When you are sitting in front of your computer or standing with your mobile phone in your hand, you’re the one who decides what you want to share with the rest of the world. You are responsible for thinking
it through before you send or forward information and allegations about other people.

If you wouldn’t consider doing it in real life, you shouldn’t do it online. 

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