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Samhällsnytt (Society News) or Samnytt[1] is a Swedish right-wing populist[2][3] online news website founded in 2017. Oxford University's Internet Institute's Project on Computational Propaganda identified "Samhällsnytt" as one of the three primary "junk news" sources in Sweden.[4][5][6]

History and actvities

The site and its predecessors is said to have made an impact due to their "relentless reporting on immigrant crime".[1] Samhällsnytt is the successor to the news website Avpixlat ("De-pixelated"),[1][7][8] also closely linked to Ekeroth.[9][10] Avpixlat was labeled a racist hate-site, xenophobic and right-wing extremist by Swedish and international media,[11][12] while describing itself as "an independent Sweden-friendly website for news and opinions".[13] The site leaned close to the counter-jihad movement and supported Israel.[14] Avpixlat was itself the successor to the news site Politiskt Inkorrekt ("Politically Incorrect"),[1][15] founded in 2008,[16] which also had close ties to Ekeroth[17] and the counter-jihad movement.[18]

Legal issues

  • In October 2021, the editor of the website Mats Dagerlind was sentenced to 40 daily fines, 30,000 kr in damages and 115,000 kr in legal fees for libel against a journalist at Dagens Nyheter. The conviction concerned Mr. Dagerlind describing the journalist of Syrian descent as a "suspected jihadist" with ties to the al-Nusra Front and al-Qaeda.[19][20]
  • In February 2024, Mr. Dagerlind was again convicted for two counts of libel and one count of aggravated libel, for a series of articles that accused a person of being reprehensible and criminal. He was sentenced to one month in prison and 20,000 kr in damages.[21][22]
  • Samhällsnytt has also been sued multiple times for libel[23] and theft of copyrighted material.[24]
  • At least one writer for Samhallsnytt was denied parliamentary press accreditation due to links to Russian intelligence services.[25]
  • Samhällsnytt has been routinelly criticised for unethical publications by Mediernas Etiknämnd [sv].[26]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Widfeldt, Anders (2023). "The Far Right in Sweden". In Kondor, Katherine; Littler, Mark (eds.). The Routledge Handbook of Far-Right Extremism in Europe. Taylor & Francis. pp. 198–199. doi:10.4324/9781003256892. ISBN 9781032187976.
  2. ^ "Högerpopulistisk tidning döms för grovt förtal av DN-journalist". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 4 October 2021.
  3. ^ Lundqvist, Mathilda (7 July 2023). "Polisen Filip Pelas delar högerpopulistisk artikel på Instagram". Nyheter24 (in Swedish).
  4. ^ Jack Stubbs, Johan Ahlander (2018-09-06). "Exclusive: Right-wing sites swamp Sweden with 'junk news' in tight election race". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2024-06-30. Retrieved 2024-06-30. The top three "junk news" sources identified by the study - right-wing websites Samhallsnytt, Nyheter Idag and Fria Tider - accounted for more than 85 percent of the "junk news" content.
  5. ^ "Mapping the 2018 Swedish General Election on Twitter" (PDF). University of Oxford. 2023-10-08. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-06-30. Retrieved 2024-06-30. The most frequently shared junk news sites — Samhällsnytt, Nyheteridag, and Fria Tider — accounted for 86% of all junk news shares.
  6. ^ Nast, Condé; Meaker, Morgan (2018-09-09). "Inside the online disinformation war trying to tear Sweden apart". WIRED. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
  7. ^ "Kent Ekeroth byter Avpixlat mot ny sajt". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 4 September 2017.
  8. ^ Linderoth, Sam (5 September 2017). "Expo: "Kan handla om att sopa igen spåren"". ETC (in Swedish).
  9. ^ Larsson, Mats J (28 June 2013). "Kent Ekeroth medger koppling till Avpixlat". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  10. ^ Strandberg, Martin (18 November 2013). "Ekeroth upptaxeras för Avpixlat". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 22 November 2013.
  11. ^ Wiman, Erik; Sandberg, Mattias; Sköld, Josefin (15 November 2012). "Ekeroth gör hatet möjligt". Aftonbladet (in Swedish).
  12. ^ Strømmen, Øyvind (10 December 2013). "Hate posts tied to politicians". Hate Speech International.
  13. ^ "Avpixlat har fått utgivningsbevis". Sveriges Television (in Swedish). 3 June 2014.
  14. ^ Bevelander, Pieter; Petersson, Bo (2015). Crisis and Migration: Implications of the Eurozone Crisis for Perceptions, Politics, and Policies of Migration. Nordic Academic. ISBN 9789187675294.
  15. ^ Hamrud, Annika (5 December 2011). "Man kan inte ha respekt för en lag där det är okej att kalla svenskar idioter". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish).
  16. ^ Habul, Kenan. "Hatbloggare: "Skicka allt ni vill ska spridas"". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  17. ^ Dickson, Staffan (26 June 2011). "SD-politiker bakom Politiskt inkorrekt". Aftonbladet (in Swedish).
  18. ^ Poohl, Daniel; Hannus, Martha; Lagerlöf, David; Brunila, Mikael; Andersson, Li; Koivulaakso, Dan (2012). Organiserad intolerans i Finland och Sverige (PDF). Expo (Report) (in Swedish). p. 15.
  19. ^ Rådegård, Isabella (29 December 2021). "HD fastställer förtalsdom mot Samnytts ansvarige utgivare". SVT (in Swedish).
  20. ^ Nesser, Johannes (4 October 2021). "Mats Dagerlind döms för grovt förtal av DN-journalist". Journalisten (in Swedish).
  21. ^ Lundberg, Oscar (19 February 2024). "Samnytts ansvarige utgivare döms till fängelse för förtal". SVT (in Swedish). Bakgrunden till domen är en artikelserie där sajten, som nyligen lämnade det medieetiska systemet, publicerat uppgifter om en person i den numera nedlagda föreningen Näthatsgranskaren. Samnytt har pekat ut personen som klandervärd och brottslig, vilket ligger till grund för att Stockholms tingsrätt dömer Mats Dagerlind för två fall av förtal och ett fall av grovt förtal. (transl. The background to the judgment is a series of articles in which the site, which recently left the media ethics system, published information about a person in the now defunct association Näthatsgranskaren. Samnytt has pointed out the person as reprehensible and criminal, which is the basis for the Stockholm District Court sentencing Mats Dagerlind for two cases of defamation and one case of aggravated defamation.)
  22. ^ "Samnytts ansvariga utgivare Mats Dagerlind döms till fängelse". Journalisten (in Swedish). 19 February 2024.
  23. ^ Lundquist, Hanna (2024-01-09). "Klimataktivist förtalsstämmer Samnytt". Journalisten (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2024-02-21. Retrieved 2024-07-09. I en stämningsansökan inlämnad till Stockholms tingsrätt i förra veckan stämmer en klimataktivist i organisationen Återställ Våtmarker Mats Dagerlind för tre fall av grovt förtal (transl. In a lawsuit filed with the Stockholm District Court last week, a climate activist in the organization Återställ Våtmarker sues Mats Dagerlind for three counts of aggravated defamation.)
  24. ^ Asplund, Mathias (2014-06-05). "Stulna klipp kan bli kostsamt för Avpixlat". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2023-06-01. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
  25. ^ Becker, Jo (2019-08-10). "The Global Machine Behind the Rise of Far-Right Nationalism". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2019-08-10. Retrieved 2024-07-09. For instance, one writer for Samhallsnytt, who previously worked for the Sweden Democrats, was recently declined parliamentary press accreditation after the security police determined he had been in contact with Russian intelligence.
  26. ^ Nesser, Johannes (2024-02-05). "Dubbelfällning av Samnytt för publiceringar av namn". Journalisten (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2024-02-27. Retrieved 2024-07-09. Samnytt (tidigare Avpixlat) har som Journalisten rapporterat lämnat det medieetiska systemet efter en rad fällningar i Mediernas Etiknämnd. (transl. Samnytt (formerly Avpixlat) has, as previously reported by Journalisten, left the media ethics system after a series of convictions by the Media Ethics Board.)

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