The Internet is flooded with sexual harassment and death threats, mostly aimed at women. Why do some men feel free to do this? This reportage takes a closer look at the phenomenon of misogyny and hate speech on the web and we meet well-known Swedish women who are used to receiving serious threats. We also meet 21-year old Julia, an ordinary Swedish girl who wrote a post on clothing giant H&M’s Facebook page and received thousands of threatening and humiliating comments. Reporters Nicke Nordmark and Hasse Johansson confront some of the men who threatened Julia, to ask: WHY?
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