The police are warning about a Whatsapp group that circulates material unsuitable for children. According to the police, there are hundreds of children in the group.
The Itä-Uusimaa police issued a warning about a large WhatsApp group that includes hundreds of children. Jenni Gästgivar / Jukka Lehtinen
The Itä-Uusimaa police are concerned about Finland’s largest WhatsApp group on Whatsapp.
The group reportedly includes several hundred children. In the discussions, pictures and videos are distributed, the content of which, according to the police, is “completely inappropriate” for the eyes of children.
– We ask the children’s parents to discuss the matter at home and to check together with the child the content of the WhatsApp groups he/she uses and to delete unknown groups from the child’s phone, urges the inspector in the announcement Kaisa Holappa From the preventive action unit of the Itä-Uusimaa police.
You can leave the Whatsapp group or delete the entire conversation by tapping on the group name and scrolling to the bottom of the page, where there is an option Leave the group. Only the administrators of the group receive information about those who have left the group.
If in the discussions of the groups material is found that fulfills the hallmarks of a crime, the police will ask to file a criminal report and keep the group with its contents for a possible criminal investigation.