In March 2018 the Gothenburg City Council blocked a planned showing and panel discussion of the film Burka Songs. In the aftermath of the debate, Hermansson wrote a series of blog posts where she accused two of the scheduled panel members of being undemocratic extremists who defended terrorists. She was then sued for libel over the blog posts. In February 2020, she was acquitted of the charges, with the court ruling that her posts were justifiable under freedom of speech.
