https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed With two Swedish girls convicted in the Gothenburg Instagram slut-shaming case, the plaintiffs' lawyer Arash Raoufi says the victims have been tarnished for life, and that the conviction only reflects the tip of the iceberg of a much wider problem. https://www.thelocal.se/20130627/48728 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 18:18:00 +0200 48728 Two Swedish teen girls were convicted on Tuesday for aggravated defamation and ordered to pay a total of 570,000 kronor ($85,370) to their victims, for their role in operating a "slut-shaming" Instagram account that led to rioting in Gothenburg. https://www.thelocal.se/20130625/48690 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 19:26:00 +0200 48690 A Gothenburg minor is suspected of aggravated defamation after new evidence emerged in the Instagram slut-shaming incident from December, which saw hundreds of students take to the streets in protest. https://www.thelocal.se/20130118/45698 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:27:00 +0100 45698 Police in Gothenburg have shifted their investigation from the 17-year-old girl who was believed to be behind December’s Instagram riot after linking an IP address to a new suspect. https://www.thelocal.se/20130104/45420 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 10:42:00 +0100 45420 Swedish journalist and lecturer Sofia Mirjamsdotter thinks the Instagram riot says little about the modern age, and everything about ancient structures of bullying and sexual hypocrisy. But it could also herald change. https://www.thelocal.se/20121220/45176 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 09:00:00 +0100 45176 The Instagram sex rumour riots spilled into its second day on Wednesday with Gothenburg police intervening when teenagers set off fireworks in the hundred-strong crowd gathered outside a local school. https://www.thelocal.se/20121219/45170 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:03:00 +0100 45170 After discovering his daughter's photo had been uploaded in the "slut shaming" Instagram assault on Gothenburg teenagers, Kenneth Thilly has been left reeling by the faceless bullying. https://www.thelocal.se/20121219/45164 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:51:00 +0100 45164 Irma, 16, was unaware she had been named on the Instagram "slut-shaming" account, which set off an angry youth riot in Gothenburg on Tuesday and ended in 27 arrests. https://www.thelocal.se/20121219/45158 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 12:16:00 +0100 45158 Fears of renewed violence have prompted a second Gothenburg school to remain closed on Wednesday, the day after police clashed with a mob of angry teens upset over a slanderous Instagram account outing young girls and boys as 'sluts'. https://www.thelocal.se/20121219/45154 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 11:16:00 +0100 45154 A 17-year-old girl suspected of starting an Instagram account filled with sexist and racist claims about local teens has told police in Gothenburg she had nothing to do with account that led students to riot in the city's streets on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20121219/45150 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 09:03:00 +0100 45150 Swedish high school students outraged over sexual rumours circulating on Instagram about girls and boys in the Gothenburg area barricaded a school in protest and turned violent when police intervened. https://www.thelocal.se/20121218/45142 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:17:00 +0100 45142