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Is this the most meta rap video ever?

Swedish rapper Yung Lean has released a video for the first single off his forthcoming mixtape.

On Jun 20, 2013 by Audra Schroeder

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Why Facebook’s new Swedish data center raises major privacy red flags

Sweden has a PRISM-like system for warrantless monitoring of communications that pass through its borders.

On Jun 12, 2013 by Kris Holt

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How an online forum helped bust a notorious teenage cat torturer

Sickos, beware: If you torture cats, the Internet will find you and make you pay. No matter where you are. 

On May 6, 2013 by Fernando Alfonso III

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UNICEF says it needs your money, not Facebook likes

A year after the Internet failed to capture Joseph Kony, UNICEF has a message: Give us money, not likes.

On May 3, 2013 by Kevin Morris

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The bizarre Wikipedia edits of a Norwegian mass murderer

Anders Breivik's edits alternated between the bizarre and the factual, and many of them still remain.

On May 2, 2013 by Kevin Morris

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The Pirate Bay’s world tour stops in Iceland

Has The Pirate Bay finally found a permanent home?

On Apr 24, 2013 by Kevin Collier

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Swedish teens charged over riot-spurring “Teen Sluts” Instagram

Two girls, 15 and 18, are set to be charged with aggravated defamation over a slut-shaming Instagram account that led to riots in Gothenburg, Sweden.

On Apr 10, 2013 by Kris Holt

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Persecuted at home in Sweden, the Pirate Bay moves to Greenland

  The Pirate Bay, the biggest supplier of torrents on the Internet, felt the hammer about to fall in its native Sweden. So it crossed the Norwegian sea and moved to Greenland.

On Apr 9, 2013 by Kevin Collier

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If these countries don’t own their Twitter handles, who does?

Just like I was too slow to grab @kris, many countries weren't able to get their own names registered. So who did? The results are pretty funny.

On Apr 5, 2013 by Kris Holt

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Google takes on Sweden in fight over the word “ungoogleable”

Google's lawyers take on Swedish linguists in a debate over the meaning of the Swedish word "ogooglebar."

On Mar 26, 2013 by Kevin Morris

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Digital diplomacy: How Sweden and Switzerland connect online

The U.S. government has proven a leader in diplomatic social media as well, and Switzerland has paid close attention to the American experience.

On Mar 11, 2013 by Curt Hopkins

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@Sweden’s Sonja on how US-Americans inaugurate a president

Sonja Abrahamsson, formerly known as @sweden, gives us a blow-by-blow narrative of what Obama's inauguration looked like from afar.

On Jan 24, 2013 by [email protected]

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@Sweden’s all-stars team up for more Twitter zaniness

Alumni of the citizen-powered account for the Nordic weird-news exporter are teaming up for the account @WeWereSweden.

On Jan 18, 2013 by Jordan Valinsky

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Sweden outs an accused pirate for the first time ever

Sweden's perfect track record of not requiring Internet Service Providers to name alleged illegal downloaders has been broken by the country's Supreme Court.

On Dec 21, 2012 by Kevin Collier

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Hundreds of Swedish teens riot over slut-shaming Instagram account

The "Instagram sex rumor riots" have entered their second day in Gothenberg, Sweden, with hundreds of student clashing with police and setting  off fireworks.

On Dec 19, 2012 by Kris Holt