Pupils at the Folkeskole have created TikTok profiles using teachers' names and contacted younger pupils. The chair of the teacher's union is concerned about more similar cases.

Pupils at a North Jutland school have created TikTok profiles in teachers' names and contacted younger students

Two students can no longer attend Klarup School.

Students at Klarup School have created fake TikTok profiles in teachers' names, which have circulated among students. (Photo: © Mika Hänninen Pedersen, DR, DR) 5 minutes ago

False TikTok profiles created in teachers' names, according to information from the school, have been used to contact younger students at the school with the intention of harassing them.

This is what a group of 8th grade students at Klarup School outside Aalborg have done.

For two of the students, this means they can no longer attend school.

This is a serious matter, says chairman of Aalborg Teachers' Union, Karsten Lynge Simonsen.

- It's quite severe for the teachers and something that can stick with them for a while.

The responsible students came forward themselves after the TikTok profiles began to circulate.

Chairman of Aalborg Teachers' Union, Karsten Lynge Simonsen, considers the case from Klarup School to be both serious and severe. (Photo: © (Photo: Aalborg Teachers' Union / Danish Teachers' Union))

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Fear more cases like this

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Although the case may seem unusual, Aalborg Teachers' Union has previously been involved in a case that also involved digital harassment of a teacher.

Karsten Lynge Simonsen fears that more similar cases will occur in the future – in fact, he is quite convinced that it will happen.

- Both as teachers and as a teachers' union, we are forced to deal with the fact that this is happening, and that there may be more of it, because it is very easy for students to create, and they are quite quick to do it.

Therefore, it is important, according to him, with a large effort in this area to protect and help both teachers and students.

- Here we are forced to inform and prevent, and we must do this in cooperation with parents, but also with SSP, to inform about how serious it is when one does these things.

SSP is a criminal preventive cooperation between school, social services and police.

The school administration in Aalborg Municipality has heard about the case - but has no further comments, as there are personal matters involved.

The school board at Klarup School refers to the school administration, and the leadership at the school has not wished to comment.

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