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Tweet about ANC dinner for foreign nationals

Complaint ID:
#3312
Source:
Twitter/X
Last Update:
02 June 2024
Submitted:
27 May 2024
Resolved Mis- or disinformation

Outcome

Not upheld

Overview

Complainant asserts that Gayton McKenzie's tweet about an ANC dinner for foreign nationals being their farewell dinner could possibly be hate speech.

Background & Outcome

Although the content is objectionable, the author of the tweet, Gayton McKenzie, has the right to freedom of expression which entitles him to outline his political stance in this manner provided it does not meet the legal requirements of hate speech, In this case, it does not.

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