A discontinued preliminary investigation into sexual harassment has sparked strong reactions. When an offence does not lead to prosecution, the victim is often given a brief explanation: it cannot be proven. Yet in an era in which the justice system is simultaneously investing in powerful analytical tools capable of mapping connections across vast datasets, a question of legitimacy arises. How is the citizen to understand and relate to the distinction between serious investigative failure, prioritisation, and negligence when it is never clarified? “Over the course of a single day, a man repeatedly sent me (grossly) sexual images and video clips,…
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When one of Sweden’s most security-critical authorities seeks expertise in American cloud technology, it reveals more than a simple recruitment need. Open sources, legal dependencies and geopolitics intertwine to form an uncomfortable question: just how sovereign is our digital preparedness? “Do you want to make a difference to society and contribute to Sweden’s independence in the world? We are now looking for an Azure technician with a focus on the development, operation and management of FRA’s cloud solutions. Does this sound like something for you? Apply now!” This is the wording of an advertisement issued by the National Defence Radio…
That the Swedish Public Employment Service’s Director of IT has appeared in advertising for a supplier has been described as reputation exploitation. But the real problem is neither brands nor marketing, but the subtle, symbolic influence that creates loyalty and undue advantages far beyond money and gifts. Principally right – but the wrong problem is identified The Director of IT at the Swedish Public Employment Service has been suspended. He appeared in advertising for Capgemini, one of the agency’s IT suppliers. That is, of course, both right and proper. In principle, at least. Parul Sharma, Secretary-General of the Institute Against…
Bodily autonomy—the right to decide what happens to one’s own body—is affirmed in the United Nations’ human rights framework and ought to be regarded as inviolable. In reality, however, it proves to be largely theoretical. The Swedish state routinely grants itself extensive powers at the expense of its citizens. Do you believe that you own your body? That it is yours to do with as you wish? That you have a right to bodily autonomy? It is a popular belief. Yet upon closer examination, one is forced to conclude that it is largely untrue. Although human rights principles emphasise bodily…