According to Mats Knutson, Friday’s action by the Liberals is a way to show their own supporters that they distance themselves from the actions of the Sweden Democrats and that they make clear demands.
– The Liberals are the party that is most critical of the cooperation with the Sweden Democrats in the Time Cooperation, he says.
SD and the revelation about “troll factories”
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If the Liberals push the proposal to ban anonymous accounts for parties further, it will take time, explains Mats Knutson.
– First of all, the Liberals must get this investigation to address the issue itself. It will then be investigated and the investigation will be completed next year at the earliest. After that, the government will write a legal text, he says and continues:
– We don’t know how feasible this is, to go in and ban certain accounts on social media.
“Tidö cooperation’s most difficult crisis”
Mats Knutson describes the events surrounding Kalla fakta’s disclosure of SD’s so-called troll factory as “Tidö collaboration’s most difficult crisis”.
– Should the Liberals choose to settle with the red-green parties on this issue, then this government cooperation will be seriously threatened, he says.
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For several months, a reporter at Kalla fakta worked undercover in SD’s communications department and collected evidence that the party is behind at least 23 different anonymous so-called “troll accounts”. Photo: TT/Cold facts