The Local Sweden 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 Landmark case: Swedish court fines man for not deleting hate speech on Facebook 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 Swedes' anti-gay flyers not free speech: court Sweden’s Supreme Court (Högsta domstolen) was right to convict four men of hate crimes for distributing homophobic flyers at a school, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled. https://www.thelocal.se/20120209/39012 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:06:00 +0100 39012 Top young Moderates sacked over Nazi salute Two young members of the youth wing of the Moderate Party have been asked to leave the organization after posting a picture of themselves making the Nazi salute on a personal blog. One of them has also been charged with hate speech. https://www.thelocal.se/20111122/37490 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:18:00 +0100 37490 Gothenburg tram driver charged for racial slur A Gothenburg tram driver has been charged with racial agitation (hets mot folkgrupp) for allegedly harassing a group of teenage boys with foreign backgrounds. https://www.thelocal.se/20110805/35382 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:02:00 +0200 35382 Politician acquitted of hate speech charges A local politician from the Malmö suburb of Burlöv has been acquitted of charges of agitation against an ethnic group. https://www.thelocal.se/20080512/11708 Mon, 12 May 2008 15:16:00 +0200 11708