The site and its predecessors is said to have made an impact due to their "relentless reporting on immigrant crime".[1]Samhällsnytt is the successor to the news website Avpixlat ("De-pixelated"),[1][4][5] also closely linked to Ekeroth.[6][7]Avpixlat was labeled a
racist hate-site,
xenophobic and
right-wing extremist by Swedish and international media,[8][9] while describing itself as "an independent Sweden-friendly website for news and opinions".[10] The site leaned close to the
counter-jihad movement and supported
Israel.[11]Avpixlat was itself the successor to the news site Politiskt Inkorrekt ("Politically Incorrect"),[1][12] founded in 2008,[13] which also had close ties to Ekeroth[14] and the counter-jihad movement.[15]
In October 2021, the editor of the website Mats Dagerlind was sentenced to 40 daily fines, 30,000 kr in damages and 115,000 kr in legal fees for libel against a journalist at Dagens Nyheter from Syria after having described him as a "suspected jihadist" with ties to the
al-Nusra Front and
al-Qaeda.[16][17] In February 2024 Dagerlind was again convicted, and sentenced to one month in prison and 20,000 kr in damages for libel against a person employed at a former organisation working against online hate after having described him as a "repulsive human being".[18][19]
^Poohl, Daniel; Hannus, Martha; Lagerlöf, David; Brunila, Mikael; Andersson, Li; Koivulaakso, Dan (2012).
Organiserad intolerans i Finland och Sverige(PDF). Expo (Report) (in Swedish). p. 15.