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  • PRECEDENT: Local Women To Pay 40 Grand For Facebook Defamation

    05 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone in Facebook, Social
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    A Pretoria High Court has ruled that a woman must pay R40,000 to her husband’s ex-wife for posting insults on Facebook. Her husband was also included in the law suit because he was tagged in the post and didn’t do anything to stop the insults.

    The current wife commented on a photo that showed the ex wife’s stepson helping her bath her small children.

    The court said that the posts were sarcastic, belittling and hinted at pedophilia.

    Emma Sadleir, a social media specialist said:

    It is a common misconception that Facebook is a consequence-free zone. It doesn’t matter how drunk, tired or angry you are, don’t put anything up in the heat of the moment because it is very difficult to remove once it’s out there.

    Adding that courts have fined people up to R200,000 in the past for writing defamatory posts on Facebook. This could get expensive for some people.

    [Source: Eye Witness]

     

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