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The 10 worst people on the Internet in 2012

The Hater takes down the celebrities that made the Internet a terrible place in 2012. 

On Dec 19, 2012 by Jordan Valinsky

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Did retweeting private info get @AnonOpsSweden banned from Twitter?

A source tells us @AnonOpsSweden was suspended for posting "private information"—gay porn with links to phone numbers in Spain. 

On Dec 13, 2012 by Kevin Collier

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The Hater: What you missed during the hurricane

The Hater rounds up the good and the bad you missed while the power was out.

On Nov 1, 2012 by Jordan Valinsky

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Former “Onion” writer Baratunde Thurston on “spruth”

Also in today's Reddit Digest: The biggest hurricane on Earth, flash photography in museums, and Reddit stereotypes.

On Oct 31, 2012 by Kevin Morris

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@sweden’s Sonja Abrahamsson on the American election

Sonja Abrahamsson, formerly known as @sweden, on American politics and the election.

On Oct 25, 2012 by [email protected]

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Buzzed: Boozing with @Sweden

Plus tweeting with Justin Long and falling fast with Felix Baumgartner.

On Oct 15, 2012 by Jordan Valinsky

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@Sweden curator selling account on Craigslist

The citizen in charge of Sweden's official account this week is taking the opportunity to put it up for sale.

On Oct 12, 2012 by Jordan Valinsky

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Anonymous targets Swedish government after raid on WikiLeaks ISP

Swedish authorities raided PRQ, an Internet service provider affiliated with both WikiLeaks and The Pirate Bay.

On Oct 1, 2012 by Lorraine Murphy

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Anonymous leaks government docs in support of Pirate Bay cofounder

Anonymous has released 5,000 documents stolen from the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in retaliation for the arrest of the Pirate Bay's Gottfrid Svartholm Warg.

On Sep 11, 2012 by Lorraine Murphy

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Sweden wins the Internet

The United States takes second, and Yemen languishes in 61st.

On Sep 6, 2012 by Kevin Collier

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U.S. State Department and Swedish government websites forced offline

A distributed denial of service attack, possibly associated with Anonymous, has hit the Swedish Armed Forces, Courts Administration and the Swedish Institute, along with the U.S. Department of State.

On Sep 3, 2012 by Kris Holt

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@Netherlanders borrows a page from the @Sweden playbook

@Netherlanders will feature tweets from a different Dutch citizen every week. Will any of them be as entertaining as @Sweden's Sonja?

On Jul 3, 2012 by Jordan Valinsky

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@Sweden officially says no to Stephen Colbert

The Comedy Central host will just have to be content speaking for America, because Sweden has decided not to let him run its official Twitter account. Will Ferrell, on the other hand ...

On Jun 28, 2012 by Jordan Valinsky

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American Swedish Institute offers Twitter account to Stephen Colbert

Colbert's campaign to run the official Twitter account of Sweden may have failed, but now he's getting a second chance to be an #artificialswedener.

On Jun 21, 2012 by Michelle Jaworski

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Behind the fuzz: @Sweden’s Sonja Abrahamsson clears the air

The quirky blonde addresses her hectic week behind Sweden's official Twitter account and claims of anti-Semitism.

On Jun 20, 2012 by Jordan Valinsky