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DISINFO: Incest is legal in Norway
DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS
  • Outlet: TV Objektivi ( archived) *
  • Date of publication: April 18, 2018
  • Countries / regions discussed: Norway, Georgia
Tags:
Western values

DISINFO: Incest is legal in Norway

SUMMARY

Incest has been legalized in Norway. Hence, it would be better if Norwegians, who pollute the world, would not have been born at all.

RESPONSE

Incest is illegal in Norway, punishable with prison up to 6 years.

Portraying Nordic countries as especially immoral has been a recurring narrative in pro-Kremlin disinformation in Georgia and other orthodox countries. The story is in line with similar disinformation stories about moral decay in Europe. Thus, a particularly persistent claim is that sexual abuse of children is a norm in Norwegian families, and Russian nationwide TV has spent airtime explaining that embracing LGTBI rights paves the way for accepting paedohilia.

Read more on specific narratives used in pro-Kremlin disinformation in Georgia.

Further debunking by Mythdetector.

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