How to use social media responsibly for fighting gender-based crimes
“The role played by social media in naming and shaming is a hugely powerful and important role. If you look at #AmINext and #MeToo, the Harvey Weinsteins of the world would never have been held to account if there hadn’t been a social media campaign first,” Sadleir said.
However, Sadleir warned that people must be careful what they are retweeting or sharing on social media. People who want to be socially active and support victims on social media can do so responsibly, ensuring that they guard against legal risk.“The law says that every single person in the chain of publication is responsible for content.
In South Africa, you can defame the hell out of people, provided what you are saying is true and for the benefit of the public. Earlier this year, Thato “DJ Fresh” Sikwane obtained a court order interdicting and restraining poet/musician Ntsiki Mazwai from mentioning him in a defamatory manner.
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