Opinion pressure against Virtanen became so strong that Aftonbladet - in a drowsy state after receiving harsh blows in other meta-related publications - completely scrutinized him as a load and got rid of the former favorite bus.
Clearly, Virtanen has been subjected to disrespect and lost job and position.
Sometimes, according to the law, it is justified to disseminate strongly negative information about someone. Reasons that are usually stated then are that the person has a public position resting on trust, and the public has an interest in knowing a possible darker reality. For example, there are few who have objections to the fact that Finance Minister Anders Borg's derailment at a private party became publicly known through the media; Sure it was an intrusion into his private life but he must take it.
In the case of Wallin-Virtanen , however, it is an unconfirmed charge of very serious crime, a charge that was investigated by police but closed down. It will be difficult for the defense to convince the court that it was a justified publication.
Earlier this year, a woman was convicted of gross slander in Nacka District Court after accusing a director of rape - in a closed Facebook group and without naming the director. The likelihood must be said to point out that Cissi Wallin, who pointed out Virtanen by name in an Instagram account with 50-60,000 followers, will be dropped.
The great metro movement has changed the world for the better. One reason for the success is that they chose names - in order to be able to talk freely about the tradition, everyday life, the structure of oppression, sexualization and abuse that women everywhere face, and who survive through a kind of silent acceptance. Anonymization as a method was central to not getting stuck in individual litigation, to reach the point in the metoo stories. The objections from the men - "it wasn't at all so I experienced it!", "I thought it was mutual!", "This is slander !!" - was missed in the margin.
Metoo is about women's experiences. For an unnamed publication in the media public an experience is not enough. Cissi Wallin does metoo a disservice when she tries to sour her own publicist excess at metoo as if they were the same thing.