That is why we debate social media in Agenda

After the storm, internet giants such as Twitter have completely shut down Donald Trump and, together with several other social media platforms, they have cleared away hundreds of thousands of accounts and posts that passed on lies and conspiracy theories.

But the reactions are now also visible in the domestic political debate in Sweden.

When the Riksdag last week held the first party leader debate of the year, sharp criticism was directed from several quarters at the Sweden Democrats and the tone used by the party's representatives on social media.

Stefan Löfven said in the Riksdag, with a clear reference to the Sweden Democrats, that there are forces in Sweden as well that want to undermine democracy.

The events in the United States are used as an argument for the Social Democrats to criticize their political opponents at home.

Center leader Annie Lööf also warned on the same theme that the currents that exist in the United States can also gain a foothold here in Sweden.

Accusations that were completely dismissed by SD leader Jimmie Åkesson.

It is quite clear that the debate on content and tone in social media that has been going on for a long time has gained renewed relevance after what has happened in the United States.

To discuss this, Agenda has therefore invited the government's digitalisation minister 

 (S) and the Sweden Democrats' party leader 

 (SD).

In one of our features, we interview Adam Scharp, who was previously senior manager in Twitter and responsible for the news and politics department.

He believes that the development will lead to greater demands on the network giants to moderate their platforms themselves, but also stricter legislation.

We also report that the European Commission has presented a proposal for common legislation to force social media companies to remove content that is illegal.

Lies or conspiracy theories, on the other hand, are not affected by that proposal.