Swedish girls, 15 and 16, sentenced for Internet 'slut-shaming' GOTHENBURG, Sweden, June 26 (UPI) -- Two Swedish teenagers Tuesday were convicted of aggravated defamation for their role in a "slut-shaming" Internet operation that resulted in teen rioting. The girls, ages 15 and 16, were sentenced for having set up in December an account on Instagram, a photo-sharing website, that encouraged users to publish pictures of those they deemed "sluts" along with descriptions of their alleged sexual activities, TheLocal.se reported Tuesday. The 16-year-old was sentenced by the Gothenburg District Court to 45 hours of community service and the other was sentenced to juvenile detention, and together, they must pay a total of $85,370 to their victims. The 38 victims of the Internet shaming will share equally in the award, amounting to $2,246.57 for each victim. I have found the time to speak with some of them and a lot of people sound happy. They think it's wonderful. The damages themselves have been more a question of principal," said Arash Raoufi, the victims' lawyer. Claes Ostlund, who represented the older girl, said he thought the conviction was "a little harsh" as the girl's mother was ordered to pay half of her daughter's fines. How can you stop your daughter from going in on the net and writing that someone is a whore when you don't even have a computer yourself? Ostlund asked. The photos led to riots in Gothenburg. Police made 27 arrests after teens engaged in vandalism and resisted police orders. The next day, a smaller group created enough of a disturbance to lead to several arrests, TheLocal reported.