 Sweden prohibits hate speech, and defines it as publicly making statements that threaten or express disrespect for an ethnic group or similar group regarding their race, skin colour, national or ethnic origin, faith or sexual orientation.These regulations are enforced in respect to posts within social media; in 2017 a 70-year-old woman was prosecuted for expressing a ‘disparaging view of refugees’ on Facebook where she commented on public order disturbances allegedly committed by the migrants.The law does not prohibit a pertinent and responsible debate ("en saklig och vederhäftig diskussion"), nor statements made in a completely private sphere.