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-Norwegian here - the Scandinavian countries in general have _very_ strong laws protecting the privacy of all citizens. A consequence of this is that defendant
by lb1lf 8y ago
-Norwegian here - the Scandinavian countries in general have _very_ strong laws protecting the privacy of all citizens.
A consequence of this is that defendants in criminal cases are very rarely named by the media until convicted, if even then.
- estomagordo 8y agoIn Sweden, this is not a consequence of any law, but by common journalistic practices. Media are protected by constitutional writings that extend very far in terms of the sender's rights to publish. However, Swedish media also has a long tradition of keeping themselves to de facto standards when it comes to things such as identifying individuals. It would have been _very_ weird to see this person named on Breakit.
- pnongrata 8y agoEspecially since no real link has been made between both companies and the student. You can't even affirm that the IGG campaign was indeed a scam or just an utter failure.
- TazeTSchnitzel 8y agoAt the same time, the law means that everyone's address in Sweden is public and published by various private companies online. The Scandinavian concept of privacy is… interesting.
- estomagordo 8y agoYeah. It's pretty useful sometimes to know how to find people and things.