Facebook announced on Friday changes to the way political advertisements are handled on the social media site ahead of the upcoming European Parliament elections.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sweden could impose legal obligations on Facebook as a last resort if the social network does not crack down on hate speech and fake news, the culture and democracy minister has threatened.
A Swedish burns victim whose picture was censored by Facebook has told The Local that he is 'happy and proud' of the support he has received from around the world over the incident.
A Swedish breast cancer awareness video has been removed by Facebook because the social media giant deemed the images "offensive," the Swedish Cancer Society (Cancerfonden) said on Thursday.
Police on the Swedish island of Gotland have been forced to close the comments section of a Facebook post asking the public for information about an attack on a group of young boys because it could no longer be adequately moderated.
One in three Swedes use social media at work every day, with Stockholm workers way ahead of the rest of the country, according to a survey conducted by IT company Centric.
