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 A 52-year-old man who neglected to delete racist comments in his Facebook group has been fined by a court in Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20190626/landmark-case-swedish-court-fines-man-for-not-deleting-hate-speech-from-facebook-group Wed, 26 Jun 2019 14:37:52 +0200 landmark-case-swedish-court-fines-man-for-not-deleting-hate-speech-from-facebook-group Facebook announced on Friday changes to the way political advertisements are handled on the social media site ahead of the upcoming European Parliament elections. https://www.thelocal.se/20190330/facebook-to-deploy-new-transparency-tools-ahead-of-european-elections Sat, 30 Mar 2019 09:47:35 +0100 facebook-to-deploy-new-transparency-tools-ahead-of-european-elections Facebook is planning an expansion of its data centre in Luleå, making it one of the world's largest. https://www.thelocal.se/20180508/facebook-invests-in-new-data-centre-in-lulea-sweden Tue, 08 May 2018 09:36:09 +0200 facebook-invests-in-new-data-centre-in-lulea-sweden US tech giant Facebook will not attend a planned meeting with Swedish government ministers and other media in which measures to remove illegal content, threats and harassment from digital platforms will be discussed, Sweden's Justice Department says. https://www.thelocal.se/20180412/facebook-snubs-swedish-government-meeting Thu, 12 Apr 2018 17:29:28 +0200 facebook-snubs-swedish-government-meeting A 35-year-old man in Sweden appealed for donations to the Islamic State (Isis) terror group using statuses posted to his open Facebook account. https://www.thelocal.se/20180325/swedish-isis-fundraiser-statuses-were-on-open-facebook-page-for-two-years-before-deletion Sun, 25 Mar 2018 15:19:15 +0200 swedish-isis-fundraiser-statuses-were-on-open-facebook-page-for-two-years-before-deletion Social media giant Facebook is planning to expand its operations in northern Sweden, according to reports. https://www.thelocal.se/20180312/facebook-plans-further-expansion-in-sweden-report Mon, 12 Mar 2018 18:07:41 +0100 facebook-plans-further-expansion-in-sweden-report An unidentified female member of the Swedish parliament was sent an unsolicited photo of a man’s penis via Facebook. https://www.thelocal.se/20180218/swede-convicted-for-sending-photo-of-his-penis-to-female-mp Sun, 18 Feb 2018 16:44:39 +0100 swede-convicted-for-sending-photo-of-his-penis-to-female-mp The Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) has denied a round of tax deductions to US tech giant Facebook, hitting it with a bill worth millions. https://www.thelocal.se/20171206/sweden-hits-facebook-with-sizeable-tax-bill Wed, 06 Dec 2017 08:37:36 +0100 sweden-hits-facebook-with-sizeable-tax-bill Three men have been sentenced to prison in connection with the rape of a woman in Uppsala, which was broadcast live on Facebook. https://www.thelocal.se/20170425/facebook-rape-video-trio-sentenced-to-prison Tue, 25 Apr 2017 16:26:13 +0200 facebook-rape-video-trio-sentenced-to-prison The trial of three men in Sweden charged in connection with the alleged rape of a woman in an Uppsala apartment which witnesses said was live streamed on Facebook has got under way. https://www.thelocal.se/20170324/facebook-rape-video-trial-begins-in-uppsala-sweden Fri, 24 Mar 2017 12:09:07 +0100 facebook-rape-video-trial-begins-in-uppsala-sweden Three men are to face trial in Sweden in connection with the alleged rape of a woman in an Uppsala apartment which was live streamed on Facebook. https://www.thelocal.se/20170315/three-men-charged-over-uppsala-facebook-rape-video Wed, 15 Mar 2017 16:10:25 +0100 three-men-charged-over-uppsala-facebook-rape-video A Swedish citizen has been jailed for urging people to finance Isis through Facebook, a landmark case for the country. https://www.thelocal.se/20170223/court-man-tried-to-raise-money-on-facebook-to-fund-isis-sweden Thu, 23 Feb 2017 15:46:18 +0100 court-man-tried-to-raise-money-on-facebook-to-fund-isis-sweden Three men have been remanded in custody in connection with the alleged rape of a woman in her thirties in an Uppsala apartment, reportedly live streamed on Facebook. https://www.thelocal.se/20170125/court-detains-three-men-in-facebook-rape-video-case-sweden-uppsala Wed, 25 Jan 2017 16:15:15 +0100 court-detains-three-men-in-facebook-rape-video-case-sweden-uppsala Uppsala District Court has set a time for a remand hearing in the case of three men connected with a suspected rape in Sweden which was reportedly live streamed on Facebook. https://www.thelocal.se/20170125/preliminary-hearing-set-for-uppsala-facebook-rape-video-trio Wed, 25 Jan 2017 09:55:29 +0100 preliminary-hearing-set-for-uppsala-facebook-rape-video-trio A prosecutor has asked to have three men remanded in custody in connection with a suspected rape in Uppsala, which was reportedly live streamed on Facebook. https://www.thelocal.se/20170124/prosecutor-asks-court-to-detain-facebook-rape-video-trio Tue, 24 Jan 2017 18:15:20 +0100 prosecutor-asks-court-to-detain-facebook-rape-video-trio Prosecutors have yet to obtain full video footage of the alleged rape of a woman in the university town of Uppsala – and believe it is possible the sequence does not exist. https://www.thelocal.se/20170124/no-trace-of-facebook-video-showing-alleged-rape-uppsala-sweden Tue, 24 Jan 2017 13:15:32 +0100 no-trace-of-facebook-video-showing-alleged-rape-uppsala-sweden Prosecutors have appealed to anyone who is in possession of a Facebook video allegedly showing the gang rape of a woman to hand it in to the police. https://www.thelocal.se/20170123/prosecutor-hold-press-conference-on-suspected-facebook-live-gang-rape-uppsala-sweden Mon, 23 Jan 2017 15:53:04 +0100 prosecutor-hold-press-conference-on-suspected-facebook-live-gang-rape-uppsala-sweden Three men have been arrested in Sweden on suspicion of gang-raping a woman, after one allegedly live-streamed the crime on a closed Facebook page. https://www.thelocal.se/20170122/three-in-sweden-live-streamed-gang-rape-on-facebook Sun, 22 Jan 2017 13:04:50 +0100 three-in-sweden-live-streamed-gang-rape-on-facebook A Swedish court on Tuesday jailed an Iraqi man for six months for war crimes in a landmark case after he posted photos on Facebook of himself posing with dead bodies in Iraq. https://www.thelocal.se/20161206/swedish-court-jails-iraqi-for-war-crimes-after-facebook-post Tue, 06 Dec 2016 18:23:00 +0100 swedish-court-jails-iraqi-for-war-crimes-after-facebook-post A new survey has measured which brands and political parties have featured the most in Swedish media so far in 2016. https://www.thelocal.se/20161206/these-are-the-brands-swedes-talked-about-the-most-in-2016 Tue, 06 Dec 2016 09:10:07 +0100 these-are-the-brands-swedes-talked-about-the-most-in-2016