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Encyclopedia > Flashback (media group)

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Flashback is the name of a controversial Swedish media group run by Jan Axelsson. It has a forum, with a large number of members, where everyone is allowed freedom of speech, therefore, the forum has been checked by the Swedish police on numerous occasions and is under constant surveillance by the Swedish Security Service, due to its members' abundant discussions about drug use, child pornography, race science, bestiality and other controversial subjects. [1] For other senses of this word, see name (disambiguation). ... In music, a band is a company of musicians, or musical ensemble, usually popular or folk, playing parts of or improvising a musical arrangement on different musical instruments. ... A typical Internet forum discussion, with common elements such as emoticons, avatars, and quotes. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... SÄPO (Säkerhetspolisen, literally the Security Police, correct name Rikspolisstyrelsens säkerhetavdelning, RPS/SÄK, literally the National Police Boards Department of Security), is the Security Service of Sweden, belonging to the Swedish National Police Board. ... Child pornography refers to pornography depicting minors. ... Race science and racial science are phrases that refer to the scientific study of race from a biological, sociobiological, or evolutionary perspective. ... Look up Bestiality in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...


The first magazine with the name Flashback was published in February of 1993, but the roots can be traced back to 1983 with a fanzine under the name of "Dead or Alive".[2]


Flashback's website was first published in June of 1995 as a big supporter of Copyleft. The reversed c in a full circle is the copyleft symbol (left). ...


The company publishes "Scandinavia’s biggest neutral newsletter" on a monthly basis with over 120 000 subscribers. The goal is to keep hold of freedom of speech and be a speaker for most alternative opinions. The magazine and website is opinion neutral and has no religious or political interests. The website has on multiple occasions been shut down by authorities and fined ten thousands of dollars. The website has been moved to British hosts due to less restrictive laws.


Flashback Underground Forum

The most popular parts of Flashback are its Swedish and English forums. The Swedish forum houses over 118 000 members and 6 200 000 posts[3] in over 70 forum categories ranging from travel, politics, religion, weapons, sex and pets to philosophy and science, making it the largest and most active Swedish language forum in the world. The English forum is smaller with slightly over 3 200 members and 74 000 posts, as per the forum's own statistics.


External links

  • Flashback.net
  • Flashback Forum
  • (Swedish) Flashback.se
  • (Swedish) Flashback Forum
  • (Swedish) Radio channel by forum members

References

  1. ^ kuro5hin: Flashback and the Media Market.
  2. ^ About Flashback.
  3. ^ Big-boards' rankings section, Swedish.

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