Increasing media competence

Media actions have been found to impact suicide mortality both negatively and positively. In line with this, recommendations on how suicides should be reported to a large audience have been developed in collaboration with media professionals.

Measure 25: With professionals in the media industry, planning and organizing training on reporting news about suicides and the content of the provided information.

Measure 26: Obligatory supervisory measures for social media platforms will be imposed, including obligations for identifying harmful content which promotes suicide, content which indicate suicidal thoughts or intentions, as well as developing a steering system for those at risk of suicide.