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Swedish teens GO BERSERK in Instagram sex pic slut riot
Swedish kids rioted and blockaded a school after someone put photos of Gothenburg's teens on Instagram and tagged them as "sluts". Children as young as 13 were so offended by the online slur that they formed a mob to hunt down a 17-year-old girl believed to be responsible for the controversial Instagram account. Police …
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Wednesday 19th December 2012 11:31 GMT CCCP
The 17-year old denies everything, goes into hiding
In a post modern twist the teenager, in an interview with the Expressen newspaper yesterday, said it actually started with someone else posting a photograph of her with attached slurry(?) verbiage on the now famous Instagram account. She then emailed the the account holder and threatened to go to the police if they didn't remove the picture.
She says the account holder/s then starting spreading the rumour that she was responsible. Riots ensued.
Police have questioned her, and she is now in hiding at a "secret address". Her mum is "upset", not surprisingly, and that she "knows she didn't do this". Further, "the person responsible should sit at home and be ashamed".
Sooo.... If she is telling the truth, who is the actual little toerag? Why isn't the police chasing the actual account holder? The mum is very restrained, I'd want to disembowel the little fucker.
Interview is here in Swedish: www.expressen.se/nyheter/17-aringen-talar-ut-om-instagram-upploppet/
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Wednesday 19th December 2012 13:43 GMT Matt Bryant
Re: The 17-year old denies everything, goes into hiding
".....She says the account holder/s then starting spreading the rumour that she was responsible....." It should be pretty simple for the Police to trace the real prankster just by access to the accounts. Given the reportedly large amount of racist comments on the original page, I'd be looking at any Nazi-loving gangs at the school. With luck the perp will be locked away soon.
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Thursday 20th December 2012 11:13 GMT Psyx
Re: The 17-year old denies everything, goes into hiding
"Given the reportedly large amount of racist comments on the original page, I'd be looking at any Nazi-loving gangs at the school."
Racism isn't the stand-out pointer that it would be here, because it's scarily common in Scandinavia. They might be good on human rights, but they seem to be about 20 years behind us when it comes to racist language and attitudes.
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Friday 21st December 2012 18:38 GMT Anonymous Coward
Re: The 17-year old denies everything, goes into hiding
Not so sure about that one - Swedes are just increasingly tired of immigrant-related problems. That's what you end up with if you accept 5 times the number of immigrants per-capita compared to other European countries.
In a recent report it was found that 75 % of all members of "street gangs" in Sweden (that's including organised crime gangs) are immigrants. At the same time mainstream media do their best to hide this fact - so people get very frustrated.
Finally, reportedly the rioters as well as the "sluts" are mainly immigrants too. So there you have it, it's likely an effect of the "honour-culture" that is, now, common in Sweden.
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Wednesday 19th December 2012 11:44 GMT Ken Hagan
"The trouble started when an anonymous Instagram user ..."
Are they anonymous to Instagram, or merely other users?
If they are truly anonymous, then Instagram should be held liable for the content. If not, they should be willing to identify the user to the authorities.
Anonymity is an important right in certain situations. Using it to cover up for teenage bullying cheapens the whole concept and this should not be tolerated.
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Wednesday 19th December 2012 15:37 GMT MissingSecurity
I'm Confused...
Was there actual nudies posted that refered to them as sluts...
or
Were people just posting peoples pictures calling them sluts?
One suggests they are in fact sluts and the other is common drama/humor mechanism.
On a side note...WTF are they more pissed at the poster rather than people calling them sluts? The person just re post what others were saying. I need a drink...