Life Matters | Legal: Freedom of Expression and Social Media

The right to freedom of expression applies to everyone equally including social media content creators, even those who use social media in their personal lives. Their rights, like everyone else’s are also limited and they do not have the freedom to say whatever they want to. This means that when people post something on social media, they also have a responsibility to ensure that they do not infringe the rights of other. The last time Sindiso Sibanda was here we talked about defamation, and today we want to look at social media and
what we can and cannot say about another person.