SwedenLag (2026:1235) om avlägsnande av rekryteringsinnehåll online (Act on Removal of Recruitment Content Online)
Lag (2026:1235) om avlägsnande av rekryteringsinnehåll online
In force since .
A specific illegal content rule binding public and private bodies.
- Obligation class
- Governance, Retention
As of .
What it requires
- If you are a hosting service provider covered by the Digital Services Act and receive an order from the competent authority, remove the recruitment content or make it inaccessible online as soon as possible and within one hour of receiving the order (section 7).
- Preserve recruitment content and related data you have removed or made inaccessible because of an order for six months from removal, and until a final decision if the order has been appealed (section 8).
If you get it wrong
Penalty structure
Section 10 sets the sanction fee at no less than SEK 5,000 and no more than SEK 5,000,000 or, for systematic or continuing failure to meet the removal obligation in section 7, up to an amount corresponding to 4 percent of the provider's global turnover in the preceding financial year.
- Rule
- Higher of
- As of
- Minimum
- 5,000
- Currency
- SEK
- Fixed cap
- 5,000,000
- Turnover percentage cap
- 4
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
The Police Authority (Polismyndigheten), the competent authority under the Act (Förordning (2026:1237), section 3).
What this law does
The Act sets out the conditions for removing content that aims to recruit people to commit crime. Section 2 defines recruitment content as content that can reasonably be assumed to form part of punishable preparation or conspiracy to commit a crime carrying imprisonment of two years or more, or of involving a minor in crime under Chapter 16, section 5 a of the Criminal Code.
Section 3 applies the Act only to recruitment content directed at Swedish citizens or persons resident in Sweden, made available by someone who is in Sweden, or concerning crimes to be committed in Sweden or against a Swedish citizen or resident. Section 4 excludes content covered by Regulation (EU) 2021/784 on terrorist content online.
Section 5 lets the competent authority order a hosting service provider covered by the Digital Services Act to remove recruitment content or make it inaccessible online. An order under section 5 takes effect immediately. Section 7 requires a hosting service provider that receives an order to remove the content or make it inaccessible online as soon as possible and within one hour of receiving the order.
Section 8 requires a hosting service provider to preserve the content and its related data for six months from the time they were removed or made inaccessible because of an order. If the order has been appealed, the material is always to be preserved until the case has been decided by a final decision. Section 9 lets the competent authority charge a sanction fee to a hosting service provider that breaches its obligations under sections 7 and 8.
Section 10 sets the sanction fee at a minimum of SEK 5,000 and a maximum of SEK 5,000,000 or, for systematic or continuing failure to meet the obligation in section 7, up to an amount corresponding to 4 percent of the provider's global turnover in the preceding financial year. Section 11 allows the fee to be reduced in whole or in part if the infringement is minor or excusable, or if charging it would be unreasonable in the circumstances.
Section 15 allows an appeal of the competent authority's decisions to the general administrative court, and leave to appeal is required for the administrative court of appeal. Under Förordning (2026:1237), section 3, the Police Authority (Polismyndigheten) is the competent authority. The Act took effect on .
When LexLint raises it
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