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After the storm, internet giants like Twitter shut down Donald Trump completely and, along with several other social media platforms, removed hundreds of thousands of accounts and posts that carried lies and conspiracy theories.
But the reactions are now also visible in the internal political debate in Sweden. When the Riksdag held the first party leaders debate of the year last week, harsh criticism from various quarters was directed at the Swedish Democrats and the tone used by party representatives on social media.
Stefan Löfven said in the Riksdag, with a clear reference to the Swedish democrats, that there are also forces in Sweden that want to undermine democracy. Events in America are used as an argument for Social Democrats to criticize their political opponents at home.
The center’s leader, Annie Lööf, also warned on the same subject that the currents that exist in the United States can also take hold here in Sweden. Accusations that were completely dismissed by SD leader Jimmie Åkesson.
It is quite clear that the debate on content and tone on social networks that has been going on for a long time has gained renewed relevance after what happened in the United States. To debate this, Agenda has invited the Minister of Digitization of the Government Anders Ygeman (S) and the leader of the Swedish Democratic party Jimmie Åkesson (SOUTH DAKOTA).
In one of our articles, we interviewed Adam Scharp, who was previously a senior manager at Twitter and head of the news and policy department. He believes the development will lead to increased demands on the network giants to moderate their own platforms, but also to stricter legislation.
We also inform that the European Commission has presented a proposal for common legislation to force social media companies to remove illegal content. Lies or conspiracy theories, on the other hand, are not affected by that proposal.
