https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Norway in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Two out of five Norwegian 18 to 20-year-olds have taken naked photos of themselves, with three quarters of them then sharing the photos on social media, a survey has found. https://www.thelocal.no/20180817/two-out-of-five-norwegian-18-20-yr-olds-have-shared-naked-pics-survey Fri, 17 Aug 2018 22:21:25 +0200 two-out-of-five-norwegian-18-20-yr-olds-have-shared-naked-pics-survey Facebook and Google are pushing users to share private information by offering "invasive" and limited default options despite new EU data protection laws aimed at giving users more control and choice, a Norwegian government study said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.no/20180628/facebook-google-manipulate-users-to-share-data-despite-eu-law-norwegian-study Thu, 28 Jun 2018 16:52:58 +0200 facebook-google-manipulate-users-to-share-data-despite-eu-law-norwegian-study 37,550 Facebook users in Norway may have unwittingly had their data forwarded to controversial analysis firm Cambridge Analytica. https://www.thelocal.no/20180405/data-of-over-37000-in-norway-may-have-been-shared-with-cambridge-analytica Thu, 05 Apr 2018 16:33:17 +0200 data-of-over-37000-in-norway-may-have-been-shared-with-cambridge-analytica A Facebook group for Norwegians opposed to immigration was widely mocked after members apparently could not tell the difference between empty bus seats and burka-clad women. https://www.thelocal.no/20170731/norwegian-anti-immigrant-facebook-groups-confuses-empty-bus-seats-with-terrorists Mon, 31 Jul 2017 19:05:14 +0200 norwegian-anti-immigrant-facebook-groups-confuses-empty-bus-seats-with-terrorists Norway’s criminal investigation service Kripos is looking into opening “uniformed police profiles” which would patrol the social media website. https://www.thelocal.no/20170524/norwegian-security-service-considering-facebook-police Wed, 24 May 2017 14:33:55 +0200 norwegian-security-service-considering-facebook-police The political leader of the Liberals (Venstre), Trine Skei Grande, said on Thursday that she has been the victim of a witch hunt and constant harassment from a Facebook group of opponents of Norway’s new mandatory passenger charges. https://www.thelocal.no/20161216/norwegian-party-leader-says-fake-news-on-facebook-has-led-to-death-threats Fri, 16 Dec 2016 12:39:40 +0100 norwegian-party-leader-says-fake-news-on-facebook-has-led-to-death-threats Just two months after Facebook found itself in the centre of an international controversy after censoring posts in Norway, the social media giant has banned another prominent Norwegian for posting a photo that included nudity. https://www.thelocal.no/20161107/facebook-censorship-norway-nudity-author Mon, 07 Nov 2016 16:10:55 +0100 facebook-censorship-norway-nudity-author In the comments on the Facebook pages of two government ministers from the anti-immigration Progress Party, immigrants are called monkeys, Africans are “birthing machines” and there is implied support for “civil war”. https://www.thelocal.no/20161014/hate-speech-flourishes-on-norwegian-politicians-facebook-pages Fri, 14 Oct 2016 13:28:49 +0200 hate-speech-flourishes-on-norwegian-politicians-facebook-pages Police believe a man in his 20s from Tromsø used the internet to sexually exploit around 60 children. He is also charged with the physical sexual abuse of several children. https://www.thelocal.no/20160920/norway-man-used-fake-facebook-profile-to-sexually-exploit-boys Tue, 20 Sep 2016 13:36:17 +0200 norway-man-used-fake-facebook-profile-to-sexually-exploit-boys After a protracted debate on censorship and Facebook’s outsized role in today’s media world, the social media giant has thanked Prime Minister Erna Solberg for raising “important issues”. https://www.thelocal.no/20160912/facebook-thanks-norway-pm-nudity-censorship Mon, 12 Sep 2016 16:12:29 +0200 facebook-thanks-norway-pm-nudity-censorship Facebook had restored by Saturday a post by Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg which it had taken down over an iconic Vietnam War photo of a naked girl escaping a napalm bombing. https://www.thelocal.no/20160910/facebook-restores-norway-pms-napalm-girl-post Sat, 10 Sep 2016 15:24:09 +0200 facebook-restores-norway-pms-napalm-girl-post UPDATED: Facebook backtracked on Friday on a decision to censor an iconic Vietnam War photo of a naked girl escaping a napalm bombing, after its block on the historic image triggered a wave of outrage. https://www.thelocal.no/20160909/norways-pm-and-largest-newspaper-take-on-facebook-censorhip Fri, 09 Sep 2016 11:29:54 +0200 norways-pm-and-largest-newspaper-take-on-facebook-censorhip Facebook censorship is under fire in Norway after a well-known author and a news editor were banned from the social media behemoth for posting the icon Vietnam War photo of Kim Phuc, best known as the ‘Napalm Girl’. https://www.thelocal.no/20160908/norway-facebook-censorship-fury-napalm-girl-nudity Thu, 08 Sep 2016 13:44:57 +0200 norway-facebook-censorship-fury-napalm-girl-nudity The rules governing Norway’s sovereign wealth fund kept it from jumping on board when Facebook asked it to invest in the social media giant ahead of its 2012 IPO. https://www.thelocal.no/20160530/norways-wealth-fund-passed-on-facebook-investment Mon, 30 May 2016 13:36:41 +0200 norways-wealth-fund-passed-on-facebook-investment Norwegian police are warning parents about what they say is a new dangerous social media trend: live-streaming from children’s bedrooms. https://www.thelocal.no/20160413/norway-police-warn-parents-about-facebook-live Wed, 13 Apr 2016 15:00:36 +0200 norway-police-warn-parents-about-facebook-live A young Norwegian probably thought he would gain a lot of ‘likes’ from his video of speeding through a tunnel. Instead, it cost him his driving licence. https://www.thelocal.no/20160401/norway-teen-loses-licence-over-facebook-joyride Fri, 01 Apr 2016 13:06:06 +0200 norway-teen-loses-licence-over-facebook-joyride Police studies of teenagers’ online habits have found that an increasing number of boys and girls, some underage, are being coerced into sharing compromising images. https://www.thelocal.no/20160303/norway-teens-pressed-to-share-nude-photos Thu, 03 Mar 2016 13:15:15 +0100 norway-teens-pressed-to-share-nude-photos Police in northwest Norway have launched a Facebook appeal to find the owner of a 90 gram block of hashish, which was found by a small business on the island of Hitra. https://www.thelocal.no/20151015/anyone-lost-a-chunk-of-hash Thu, 15 Oct 2015 08:18:38 +0200 anyone-lost-a-chunk-of-hash More than 80,000 Norwegians have joined the Facebook group, "Refugees welcome to Norway", which people use to share ideas on how to help refugees come to the country. https://www.thelocal.no/20150907/80000-join-refugees-welcome-to-norway-group Tue, 08 Sep 2015 00:08:40 +0200 80000-join-refugees-welcome-to-norway-group A Norwegian who threw a message in a bottle into the sea as a boy eleven years ago this week saw it reappear on Facebook after a post from the Swedish family which found it went viral. https://www.thelocal.no/20150730/norwegians-message-in-a-bottle-back-after-11-years Thu, 30 Jul 2015 16:45:31 +0200 norwegians-message-in-a-bottle-back-after-11-years