TV4’s disclosure that the Sweden Democrats uses anonymous accounts on social media to, among other things, discredit and ridicule other political parties and their representatives have provoked strong reactions.
Several of the Sweden Democrats’ partner parties in the Tidö agreement have demanded that the SD do something about the way of working, and after a few days of counterattacks from Jimmie Åkesson, he now tells SVT that he must address the problem.
SD and the revelation about “troll factories”
Jimmie Åkesson (SD) and Magdalena Andersson (S) in debate about anonymous accounts
60 seconds: Call the disclosure of the facts about SD’s “troll accounts”
– If our partner parties perceive this as a violation of the Tidö agreement, then we have to listen to them, he said at an election meeting in Sundsvall on Wednesday evening.
Sweden Democrat in Sundsvall leaves SD
Sundsvall’s newspaper has managed to link a local Sweden Democrat to an anonymous account on social media which, among other things, spread racist and sexist content. After a conversation with the party group in Sundsvall, the man has left the party, and his assignments, with immediate effect.
In the video, you hear Jimmie Åkesson and the party’s chairman in Sundsvall commenting on the man’s activities, and what it means for the party.
Footnote: SVT Västernorrland has searched for the man without success.