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bjourneyesterday at 5:55 PM2 repliesview on HN

It means the legal system is investigating the matter and the public prosecutor may or may not decide to file charges. The publishers might have filed a lawsuit themselves, but that is very expensive so they hope the legal system will do it for them. My guess is that the investigation will be closed because I don't think Swedish authorities think they have jurisdiction over Facebook. Unless Meta happens to have offices in Sweden, which I don't think they have. In general they can only prosecute crimes committed in Sweden or committed by Swedes.


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mongolyesterday at 6:04 PM

The investigation maybe will be closed, but not for that reason. Fraudulent ads that are paid for and then shown on Swedish news sites makes money change hands in Sweden. Even though the fraudsters are abroad, Meta makes business with the media in Sweden that displays the ads. Jurisdiction will not be a problem

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mansanderssonyesterday at 6:10 PM

> Unless Meta happens to have offices in Sweden, which I don't think they have

Meta operates one of their european datacenters out of Luleå in Sweden.