Sweden to Prohibit Criticism of Immigration Policies and Government Officials.

[The Nexerus]

The Swedish government is altering its legislative policies to make it easier for police to charge and prosecute individuals who criticize immigration policies or authority figures within the country.

Thoughts?

[Vortex]

Since I don't speak Swedish, how do I translate the article?

[Protagonist]

Well, I'm generally in favor of Free Speech, so I can't really support this law.

[mdk]

I understand that in the past, neo-nazis and anarchists have been something of a threat in this region of Europe. The optimist in me says they're trying to combat that. The realist in me says, Hey, look, you gave your government power and *gasp* they're using it to consolidate more power.

[Brovo]

Very normal for Sweden honestly.

EDIT

Though, I smell fishy journalism...

[The Nexerus]

Brovo said
Very normal for Sweden honestly.

That's startling.

[Dervish]

Brovo said
Very normal for Sweden honestly.EDITThough, I smell fishy journalism...

I'm more inclined to lean towards fishy journalism.

There's quite a lot of news articles in this internet age that either don't fact check or misquote something, deliberately or by mistake, and make something come across as way out of context. Provoking people's sensibilities is a great way to generate traffic.