Avpixlat
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Avpixlat is a Swedish website which has been described as an 'infamous hate site' with a 'strongly anti-immigrant bias'.[1]
History
The website was launched in October 2011. It was reportedly registered by far-right Sweden Democrats politician Kent Ekeroth.[2] The predecessor site was called politisktinkorrect.info.[3]
Activities
The Local reports:
- The site's name translates into English as 'unpixelated', but is also a Swedish colloquialism meaning to 'reveal' or 'unmask"'and one of the most common recurring themes on the site is publish photos of suspected criminals of foreign origin. The website furthermore contains material which echoes the Sweden Democrats party's negative line on immigration, multicultural society, and the mainstream Swedish media.[3]
Funding
As well as registering the site, Kent Ekeroth was revealed by a Swedish newspaper to have channeled around 226,540 Swedish kronor ($35,000) to the site via his bank account and was sent a tax bill by the Swedish tax agency as a result.[4]
Affiliations
- Sweden Democrats - 'close ties'[3]
People
- Kent Ekeroth - organises fundraising, editorial influence
- Mats Dagerlind - main administrator[3]
Notes
- ↑ Swedish magnates fund infamous 'hate site', The Local, 23 October 2013, accessed 16 February 2015.
- ↑ Website touts ruse to turn in illegal immigrants, The Local, 25 January 2012
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Sweden Democrat has close ties to far-right site, 27 June 2013, accessed 16 February 2015
- ↑ Tax bill for politician's ties to far-right site, The Local, 19 June 2013
