Fellow South Africans, the word is in! Don’t think that people being jailed for hate speech online is something that only happens overseas. According to a South African legal expert, we too can be prosecuted for “cyber smearing,” which can mean fines or even jail should you be caught. More on minding your netiquette, after the jump!
A Welsh university student has been jailed for 56 days for a “racially-aggravated public order offence” after making offensive tweets about Bolton Wanderers player Fabrice Muamba, who collapsed with heart failure during a FA cup tie with Tottenham Hotspur on March 17. See the full Twitter feed, after the jump.
An FA Cup quarterfinal match between Tottenham Hotspur and Bolton Wanderers came to a shocking halt over the weekend after a player suffered a cardiac arrest during the game. It took nearly two hours to get 23-yeard-old Fabrice Muamba’s heart to work on its own again, and he is currently still fighting for his life.