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Samhällsnytt (Society News) or Samnytt[1] is a Swedish right-wing populist[2][3] online news website founded in 2017, and edited by Mats Dagerlind, with close ties to the Sweden Democrats and its former parliamentarian Kent Ekeroth.[4][5]

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History and actvities

The site and its predecessors is said to have made an impact due to their "relentless reporting on immigrant crime".[1] Samhällsnytt is the successor to the news website Avpixlat ("De-pixelated"),[1][4][5] also closely linked to Ekeroth.[6][7] Avpixlat was labeled a racist hate-site, xenophobic and right-wing extremist by Swedish and international media,[8][9] while describing itself as "an independent Sweden-friendly website for news and opinions".[10] The site leaned close to the counter-jihad movement and supported Israel.[11] Avpixlat was itself the successor to the news site Politiskt Inkorrekt ("Politically Incorrect"),[1][12] founded in 2008,[13] which also had close ties to Ekeroth[14] and the counter-jihad movement.[15]

In October 2021, the editor of the website Mats Dagerlind was sentenced to 40 daily fines, 30,000 kr in damages and 115,000 kr in legal fees for libel against a journalist at Dagens Nyheter from Syria after having described him as a "suspected jihadist" with ties to the al-Nusra Front and al-Qaeda.[16][17] In February 2024 Dagerlind was again convicted, and sentenced to one month in prison and 20,000 kr in damages for libel against a person employed at a former organisation working against online hate after having described him as a "repulsive human being".[18][19]

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    Lundqvist, Mathilda (7 July 2023). "Polisen Filip Pelas delar högerpopulistisk artikel på Instagram". Nyheter24 (in Swedish).
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    "Kent Ekeroth byter Avpixlat mot ny sajt". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 4 September 2017.
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    Wiman, Erik; Sandberg, Mattias; Sköld, Josefin (15 November 2012). "Ekeroth gör hatet möjligt". Aftonbladet (in Swedish).
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    Bevelander, Pieter; Petersson, Bo (2015). Crisis and Migration: Implications of the Eurozone Crisis for Perceptions, Politics, and Policies of Migration. Nordic Academic. ISBN 9789187675294.
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    Hamrud, Annika (5 December 2011). "Man kan inte ha respekt för en lag där det är okej att kalla svenskar idioter". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish).
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    Habul, Kenan. "Hatbloggare: "Skicka allt ni vill ska spridas"". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 February 2024.
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    Poohl, Daniel; Hannus, Martha; Lagerlöf, David; Brunila, Mikael; Andersson, Li; Koivulaakso, Dan (2012). Organiserad intolerans i Finland och Sverige (PDF). Expo (Report) (in Swedish). p. 15.
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    Rådegård, Isabella (29 December 2021). "HD fastställer förtalsdom mot Samnytts ansvarige utgivare". SVT (in Swedish).
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    Lundberg, Oscar (19 February 2024). "Samnytts ansvarige utgivare döms till fängelse för förtal". SVT (in Swedish).
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    "Samnytts ansvariga utgivare Mats Dagerlind döms till fängelse". Journalisten (in Swedish). 19 February 2024.
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