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National: 18 May 13
The 2013 Eurovision Song Contest Final is live in Malmö, southern Sweden. The Local brings you all the latest news, reactions, and details surrounding Europe's biggest pop music spectacle.
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National: 18 May 13
A 15-year-old girl has admitted to setting up the Instagram account that caused hundreds of teenagers to riot in Gothenburg last year, but her 16-year-old friend has denied involvement.
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Society: 9 May 13
A night out with an ex-boyfriend who stalked her online for two years leaves love columnist Emilia Millicent with questions about what the limits are, now that information is everywhere.
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Lifestyle: 12 Apr 13
A lost wallet, a shaved-bare 24-year-old, and multiple page visits by a steroid addict leaves Emilia Millicent thinking she's had the worse run of luck at internet dating ever... until she asked her friends about theirs.
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National: 10 Apr 13
Prosecutors in Gothenburg have decided to file criminal charges against two teen girls believed to be behind a "slut-shaming" account on Instagram that caused local teenagers to riot last year.
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National: 6 Mar 13
The Swedish police are close to wrapping up their investigation into the "slut-shaming" account on Instagram that caused Gothenburg teenagers to riot last year.
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Business & Money: 8 Feb 13
An ad campaign by the Swedish Armed Forces has split commentators in two camps over whether it denigrates normal citizens in its attempt to attract new recruits.
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Education: 24 Jan 13
The two Gothenburg high schools affected by December's Instagram riot, when teenagers assembled a flash mob in response to a "slut shaming" account on the popular image website, are to educate the parents about social media.
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Science & Technology: 18 Jan 13
A Gothenburg minor is suspected of aggravated defamation after new evidence emerged in the Instagram slut-shaming incident from December, which saw hundreds of students take to the streets in protest.
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National: 4 Jan 13
Police in Gothenburg have shifted their investigation from the 17-year-old girl who was believed to be behind December’s Instagram riot after linking an IP address to a new suspect.
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National: 21 Dec 12
The 17-year-old girl questioned by police in connection to the Gothenburg Instagram 'slut shaming' riot is innocent, says another Instagram user who claims to be behind the account that sparked such uproar on Tuesday.
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Analysis & Opinion: 20 Dec 12
Swedish journalist and lecturer Sofia Mirjamsdotter thinks the Instagram riot says little about the modern age, and everything about ancient structures of bullying and sexual hypocrisy. But it could also herald change.
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National: 19 Dec 12
The Instagram sex rumour riots spilled into its second day on Wednesday with Gothenburg police intervening when teenagers set off fireworks in the hundred-strong crowd gathered outside a local school.
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Science & Technology: 19 Dec 12
After discovering his daughter's photo had been uploaded in the "slut shaming" Instagram assault on Gothenburg teenagers, Kenneth Thilly has been left reeling by the faceless bullying.
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National: 19 Dec 12
Irma, 16, was unaware she had been named on the Instagram "slut-shaming" account, which set off an angry youth riot in Gothenburg on Tuesday and ended in 27 arrests.
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Education: 19 Dec 12
Fears of renewed violence have prompted a second Gothenburg school to remain closed on Wednesday, the day after police clashed with a mob of angry teens upset over a slanderous Instagram account outing young girls and boys as 'sluts'.
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Society: 19 Dec 12
A 17-year-old girl suspected of starting an Instagram account filled with sexist and racist claims about local teens has told police in Gothenburg she had nothing to do with account that led students to riot in the city's streets on Tuesday.
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National: 18 Dec 12
A small number of teenagers caused most of the damage as hundreds of girls and boys assembled in a Gothenburg protest after an Instagram user set a "slut shaming" operation in motion on the image site.
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Science & Technology: 18 Dec 12
Swedish high school students outraged over sexual rumours circulating on Instagram about girls and boys in the Gothenburg area barricaded a school in protest and turned violent when police intervened, resulting in 27 arrests.
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Science & Technology: 6 Dec 12
Sea lions and sex tips, as well as social media and South Korean pop all kept Swedes clicking on Google in 2012 according to new figures released on Thursday about how the nation uses the world's biggest search engine.
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Society: 23 Oct 12
A hunter made a macabre find in the forest on an island off the east coast of Sweden at the weekend, stumbling across several life-sized wooden sculptures depicting tied-up naked women.
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