Mikael Damberg visited the evening's News to comment on SVT Nyheter's review of live broadcasts online and the threats and hate comments that often occur in connection with the broadcasts.
How satisfied are you with the companies' way of taking this responsibility?
- There's a lot left to do. I am not satisfied that illegalities such as harassment, incitement and threats against various groups of people and people are left behind after convictions. It has to get better.
The Interior Minister says that they are having a dialogue with these big technology companies, like Facebook.
- And they tell us that they are switching up their organization. That you hire more, even Swedish-speaking people who can clean this up. But obviously we're not there yet.
But how can it be that certain things remain after convictions, perhaps as much as for two years?
- It's too bad. For this, too, are media platforms that make a lot of money. You have the resources to do something about it.
"Police must be present"Mikael Damberg also says that it is a great responsibility of the police to investigate reports that come in.
- For a long time, the Internet has been regarded as some parallel society where laws and regulations do not apply. But it's not. If you are hated, threatened, harassed or exposed to other crimes then the police must also be notified.
And what is your responsibility as a minister?
- Several things. For example, putting more pressure on the platforms to remove more and here some European cooperation is going on. Then it is my responsibility to ensure that the police authority has resources. Police must be present where crime is committed.