Samhällsnytt Explained

Samhällsnytt
Type:	News website
Language:	Swedish
Editor:	Mats Dagerlind
Launch Date:	30 August 2017

Swedish: '''Samhällsnytt''' (Society News) or Swedish: '''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 Swedish: Samhällsnytt as one of the three primary "junk news" sources in Sweden, alongside Swedish: [[Nyheter Idag]] and Swedish: [[Fria Tider]].^{[4] [5] [6]}

History and activities

The site and its predecessors is said to have made an impact due to their "relentless reporting on immigrant crime".^[1] Swedish: Samhällsnytt is the successor to the news website Swedish: '''Avpixlat''' ("De-pixelated"),^{[1] [7] [8]} also closely linked to Kent Ekeroth.^{[9] [10]} Swedish: 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] Swedish: Avpixlat was itself the successor to the news site Swedish: '''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, in damages and in legal fees for libel against a journalist at Dagens Nyheter. The conviction concerned 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, 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 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 .^[26]

External links

• Official site

Notes and References

1. Book: Widfeldt, Anders. The Far Right in Sweden. https://books.google.com/books?id=UMnOEAAAQBAJ&lpg=PA1972&hl=no&pg=RA7-PT15. The Routledge Handbook of Far-Right Extremism in Europe. Katherine. Kondor. Mark. Littler. Taylor & Francis. 2023. 198–199. 9781032187976. 10.4324/9781003256892.
2. News: Högerpopulistisk tidning döms för grovt förtal av DN-journalist. 4 October 2021. Dagens Nyheter. sv.
3. News: Polisen Filip Pelas delar högerpopulistisk artikel på Instagram. 7 July 2023. Nyheter24. Mathilda. Lundqvist. sv.
4. Web site: Jack Stubbs . Johan Ahlander . Exclusive: Right-wing sites swamp Sweden with 'junk news' in tight election race . Reuters . 2018-09-06 . 2024-06-30 . https://archive.today/20240630152038/https://www.reuters.com/article/world/exclusive-right-wing-sites-swamp-sweden-with-junk-news-in-tight-election-race-idUSKCN1LM0DN/ . 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. Web site: Mapping the 2018 Swedish General Election on Twitter . . 2023-10-08 . http://web.archive.org/web/20240630160828/https://demtech.oii.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2018/09/Hedman-et-al-2018.pdf . 2024-06-30 . dead . 2024-06-30. The most frequently shared junk news sites — Samhällsnytt, Nyheteridag, and Fria Tider — accounted for 86% of all junk news shares. .
6. Web site: Nast . Condé . Meaker . Morgan . Inside the online disinformation war trying to tear Sweden apart . WIRED . 2018-09-09 . 2024-07-09.
7. News: Kent Ekeroth byter Avpixlat mot ny sajt. 4 September 2017. Dagens Nyheter. sv.
8. Web site: Expo: "Kan handla om att sopa igen spåren". ETC. 5 September 2017. sv. Sam. Linderoth.
9. News: Larsson. Mats J. Kent Ekeroth medger koppling till Avpixlat . Dagens Nyheter . 28 June 2013. 18 March 2014. sv.
10. Web site: Ekeroth upptaxeras för Avpixlat . 18 November 2013 . Sydsvenskan. sv. https://web.archive.org/web/20131122204958/https://www.sydsvenskan.se/sverige/ekeroth-upptaxeras-for-avpixlat. 22 November 2013. Martin. Strandberg.
11. Web site: Ekeroth gör hatet möjligt. Erik. Wiman. Mattias . Sandberg. Josefin . Sköld. 15 November 2012 . Aftonbladet. sv.
12. Web site: Hate posts tied to politicians . 10 December 2013 . Hate Speech International. Øyvind. Strømmen.
13. Web site: Avpixlat har fått utgivningsbevis . 3 June 2014 . Sveriges Television. sv.
14. Book: Crisis and Migration: Implications of the Eurozone Crisis for Perceptions, Politics, and Policies of Migration. Pieter. Bevelander. Bo. Petersson. Nordic Academic. 2015. 9789187675294.
15. News: Man kan inte ha respekt för en lag där det är okej att kalla svenskar idioter . Dagens Nyheter . Annika . Hamrud . 5 December 2011. sv .
16. News: Hatbloggare: "Skicka allt ni vill ska spridas". Kenan. Habul. Aftonbladet. 23 February 2024. sv.
17. News: Dickson . Staffan. SD-politiker bakom Politiskt inkorrekt. Aftonbladet. 26 June 2011. sv.
18. Organiserad intolerans i Finland och Sverige. sv. Daniel. Poohl. Martha. Hannus. David. Lagerlöf. Mikael. Brunila. Li. Andersson. Dan. Koivulaakso. Expo. 2012. 15.
19. News: HD fastställer förtalsdom mot Samnytts ansvarige utgivare. 29 December 2021. SVT. Isabella. Rådegård. sv.
20. News: Mats Dagerlind döms för grovt förtal av DN-journalist. Johannes. Nesser. Journalisten. 4 October 2021. sv.
21. News: Samnytts ansvarige utgivare döms till fängelse för förtal. SVT. 19 February 2024. Oscar. Lundberg. sv. 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. .
22. News: Samnytts ansvariga utgivare Mats Dagerlind döms till fängelse. Journalisten. 19 February 2024. sv.
23. Web site: Lundquist . Hanna . Klimataktivist förtalsstämmer Samnytt . Journalisten . 2024-01-09 . http://web.archive.org/web/20240221072325/https://www.journalisten.se/nyheter/klimataktivist-fortalsstammer-samnytt/ . 2024-02-21 . live . sv . 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 .
24. Web site: Asplund . Mathias . Stulna klipp kan bli kostsamt för Avpixlat . Aftonbladet . 2014-06-05 . http://web.archive.org/web/20230601054334/https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/xR9P6V/stulna-klipp-kan-bli-kostsamt-for-avpixlat . live . sv . 2024-07-09. 2023-06-01.
25. Web site: Becker . Jo . The Global Machine Behind the Rise of Far-Right Nationalism . The New York Times . 2019-08-10 . 2024-07-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20190810175726/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/10/world/europe/sweden-immigration-nationalism.html . 2019-08-10. 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. Web site: Nesser . Johannes . Dubbelfällning av Samnytt för publiceringar av namn . Journalisten . 2024-02-05 . http://web.archive.org/web/20240227131252/https://www.journalisten.se/nyheter/dubbelfallning-av-samnytt-publiceringar-av-namn/ . 2024-02-27 . live . sv . 2024-07-09 . Samnytt (tidigare Avpixlat) har som Journalisten rapporterat lämnat det medieetiska systemet efter en rad fällningar i Mediernas Etiknämnd. .