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Dömd på sociala medier - En rättsvetenskaplig analys kring förhållandet mellan yttrandefrihet och rätten till personlig integritet i samband med ärekränkning

Sadek, Maia LU (2022) LAGF03 20221
Department of Law
Faculty of Law
Abstract (Swedish)
Den tekniska utvecklingen och den ökade användningen av sociala medier har lett till nya former av bland annat lärande och nyhetsförmedling, men även nya former av övergrepp. Under senare år har sexuella övergrepp gentemot barn online blivit allt vanligare. Detta sker genom att äldre män kontaktar barn via appar med chattfunktioner och har lett till att hemsidor och konton på sociala medier skapats i syfte att motverka detta genom att utpeka personer som benägna att ha sexuella relationer till barn. Därigenom utpekas alltså män som sexualbrottslingar online. Frågan är numera huruvida detta är förenligt med den svenska lagen eller om det kan anses utgöra förtal.

Syftet med denna uppsats är främst att undersöka förhållandet mellan... (More)
Den tekniska utvecklingen och den ökade användningen av sociala medier har lett till nya former av bland annat lärande och nyhetsförmedling, men även nya former av övergrepp. Under senare år har sexuella övergrepp gentemot barn online blivit allt vanligare. Detta sker genom att äldre män kontaktar barn via appar med chattfunktioner och har lett till att hemsidor och konton på sociala medier skapats i syfte att motverka detta genom att utpeka personer som benägna att ha sexuella relationer till barn. Därigenom utpekas alltså män som sexualbrottslingar online. Frågan är numera huruvida detta är förenligt med den svenska lagen eller om det kan anses utgöra förtal.

Syftet med denna uppsats är främst att undersöka förhållandet mellan yttrandefriheten och rätten till personlig integritet i samband med utpekandet av personer som sexualbrottslingar online. För att uppnå detta syfte har bland annat bestämmelserna i regeringsformen (1974:152) och den Europeiska konventionen om skydd för de mänskliga rättigheterna och grundläggande friheterna undersökts. Slutsatsen som dras är att yttrandefriheten får ge vika för att skydda enskildas rätt till personlig integritet i situationer då en person utpekas som sexualbrottsling inför en bred publik på internet. Denna slutsats konkretiseras och exemplifieras i uppsatsens tredje kapitel där det undersöks huruvida det är försvarligt att publicera information online om män som anses vara benägna att ha sexuella relationer till barn för att hindra eventuella övergrepp.

Ett annat syfte med uppsatsen är att undersöka huruvida ovan angivna förhållande är rättssäkert med beaktande av oskuldspresumtionen. I detta hänseende konkluderas att de olika hemsidor och konton som skapas för att utpeka män som benägna att ha sexuella relationer med barn i själva verket utgör en så kallad folkdomstol och kränker de intressen som skyddas av oskuldspresumtionen. (Less)
Abstract
Technological developments and the expanded use of social media has led to, inter alia, new forms of learning and news coverage, as well as new forms of abuse. Online sexual abuse of children has become more common in recent years. This occurs through the usage of chat apps and has led to the creation of websites and social media accounts aimed at countering this by singling out individuals for being prone to having sexual relationships with children. Thus, men are identified as sexual offenders online. The question now is whether this is compatible with Swedish law or whether it can be considered defamation.

The aim of this paper is primarily to examine the relationship between freedom of speech and the right to privacy in relation to... (More)
Technological developments and the expanded use of social media has led to, inter alia, new forms of learning and news coverage, as well as new forms of abuse. Online sexual abuse of children has become more common in recent years. This occurs through the usage of chat apps and has led to the creation of websites and social media accounts aimed at countering this by singling out individuals for being prone to having sexual relationships with children. Thus, men are identified as sexual offenders online. The question now is whether this is compatible with Swedish law or whether it can be considered defamation.

The aim of this paper is primarily to examine the relationship between freedom of speech and the right to privacy in relation to the labelling of people as sex offenders online. To achieve this aim, the Constitution of Sweden (1974:152) and the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, among others, have been examined. The conclusion drawn is that freedom of speech must give way to the protection of the individual’s right to privacy in situations where a person is identified as a sex offender in front of a wide audience on the internet. This conclusion in concretised and exemplified in the third chapter of this paper, which examines whether it is justifiable to publish information online about men who are considered likely to have sexual relations with children in order to prevent potential abuse.

Another main objective is to investigate whether the abovementioned situation is legally certain and secure with regard to the presumption of innocence. Therefore, it is concluded that the various websites and accounts created to single out men as likely to have sexual relations with children in fact constitute a so-called People’s Court and violate the interests protected by the presumption of innocence. (Less)
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  abstract     = {{Technological developments and the expanded use of social media has led to, inter alia, new forms of learning and news coverage, as well as new forms of abuse. Online sexual abuse of children has become more common in recent years. This occurs through the usage of chat apps and has led to the creation of websites and social media accounts aimed at countering this by singling out individuals for being prone to having sexual relationships with children. Thus, men are identified as sexual offenders online. The question now is whether this is compatible with Swedish law or whether it can be considered defamation.

The aim of this paper is primarily to examine the relationship between freedom of speech and the right to privacy in relation to the labelling of people as sex offenders online. To achieve this aim, the Constitution of Sweden (1974:152) and the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, among others, have been examined. The conclusion drawn is that freedom of speech must give way to the protection of the individual’s right to privacy in situations where a person is identified as a sex offender in front of a wide audience on the internet. This conclusion in concretised and exemplified in the third chapter of this paper, which examines whether it is justifiable to publish information online about men who are considered likely to have sexual relations with children in order to prevent potential abuse.

Another main objective is to investigate whether the abovementioned situation is legally certain and secure with regard to the presumption of innocence. Therefore, it is concluded that the various websites and accounts created to single out men as likely to have sexual relations with children in fact constitute a so-called People’s Court and violate the interests protected by the presumption of innocence.}},
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  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Dömd på sociala medier - En rättsvetenskaplig analys kring förhållandet mellan yttrandefrihet och rätten till personlig integritet i samband med ärekränkning}},
  year         = {{2022}},
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