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Þóra and the Icelandic National Broadcasting Corporation Acquitted of Captain Páll's Claims

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The Icelandic National Broadcasting Corporation and its former employee, Þóra Arnórsdóttir, have been acquitted of all claims by Captain Páll Steingrímsson. He claimed millions of krónur in damages for alleged violations of his privacy by Rúv employees.
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The Reykjavík District Court finds it impossible to prove that Þóra Arnórsdóttir, former editor of Kveik, or other employees of the Icelandic National Broadcasting Corporation received the mobile phone of Páll Steingrímsson, captain of Samherji, hacked it, copied it and sent data from it to other media outlets.

·Reykjavík, Iceland
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The Icelandic National Broadcasting Corporation and its former employee, Þóra Arnórsdóttir, have been acquitted of all claims by Captain Páll Steingrímsson. He claimed millions of krónur in damages for alleged violations of his privacy by Rúv employees.

A judge at the Reykjavík District Court says it is not possible to conclude that Þóra Arnórsdóttir or other RÚV employees received, hacked into, copied and sent data from the mobile phone of Páll Steingrímsson, a captain at Samherji. "In fact, it cannot be determined from the case data whether the mobile phone was copied in its entirety during the time in question, even though the media [...] and [...] published information from it during the pe…

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RÚV broke the news on Wednesday, May 6, 2026.
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