South Africa makes it illegal to spread false information about the coronavirus

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In South Africa, spreading false information about the coronavirus is now a crime, punishable by up to six months in prison, a fine, or both.

shows how easily disease can spread among its population of 200,000 -- and suggests the country would be ill-equipped to cope with the coronavirus.

The way New Zealand has responded also shows how concerned it is for its much smaller neighbors. On Saturday, New Zealandthat almost everyone entering the country needs to self-isolate for two weeks. At the time, the country’s leader Jacinda Ardern described the measure as the strictest in the world.

Although people coming from the Pacific would be allowed to avoid the self-isolation rule, anyone traveling to the Pacific would need to meet strict new exit rules, including a health assessment. Anyone who had traveled outside New Zealand in the past 14 days wouldn’t be allowed to go to the Pacific.

“It remains the case that the protection of the Pacific from Covid-19 is a major concern for the New Zealand government and these measures support that," Ardern said.

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GobaBongeka hhhmmm.... i wonder if telling us Eskom needs people's pension fund as a bail out is not a crime...South Africa practises double standards... Murderers are paroled and false informants jailed...

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Damn yall would be shutdown.

Cc DrOlusesan Ayourb

Folks who spread false Corvid-19 news cause more harm than the virus itself. We all have a responsibility to be circumspect in the present circumstance.

All Media would get life sentences.

It is lucky for President Trump living in the US, otherwise, he could be punished by up to six months in prison, a fine, or both.!

Should be illegal everywhere, across all platforms!!! StopTheMadness

Whoa.

Yas SA 🇿🇦

Chinese News Network

Hoarding toilet paper should have equitable consequences.

I would advise banning them from any possession of toilet paper for the next 2 years as well. toiletpapercrisis

We have to add some of Trump’s corona lies to the list of Trump’s offenses for which he will be indicted when he leaves office.

So that means CNN would be in jail there?

Nonsense. I live in capetown and there wasnt such an announcement

Remember that Christmas present Kim was talking about, well happy Easter 😷

trump should be arrested for spreading false information!

Well then fake news CNN is f$cked!

Trump would be in jail if he was there. News conference today is about how great he is

That's going to hurt FaceBook SA.

Is it just me or does Trump look like he sprayed to much tan on today?

as in all tyrannical govts, the question is who decides it is false and not just critical of the govt.

Ironic how the fake news network post this

Can realDonaldTrump become your President in South Africa?

Well Trump and his flock of red hat wearing goons would all be in jail then huh?

Yeah it's ryt....

Here we elect them for POTUS

So how would they put all of cnnsucks in jail?

Crazy

If that happens in the United States. All the msm would go to jail.

Send Trump there.

It should be a crime! Your network would be out of business

lukewaltham kemkominfo di indonesia juga dong

Fortunately we have a 100% truthful News Media

Perfect. The same in Paris ?

Communist network

STOP CAUSING More Panic CNN

What is considered false information? Is it when Liberals determine the information does not fit the Globalist agenda? OK this pandemic didn't come from China! To totally silence anyone that you don't agree with is very dangerous. Whose voice is truth 100% of the time?

WHILE TRUMP AND MINIONS ARE DOING THE SAME BULLSHIT

Foxnews hosts are in a panic researching South Africa’s extradition treaty with the U.S.

Most of the media would be in jail here in the USA including you cnn

Can you imagine? Trump, most of the Senate, all of FOX sharing a jail cell.

How many of cnn staff over there are in jail already? Maybe they'll come over here and lock the rest of u liars up. We should have that law here then you and ur lies will be gone for good. HONESTY and INTEGRITY means nothing to cnn. Lies,deceit and unfounded hatred TRUMP 2020

The reason being that it has attracted crazy racists who call this 'a white man's disease' etc and the vast majority are ignoring it and partying on.

🤔 cnn ..... fake news...... interesting

Barnes_Law OMG, , you just can’t make this sh$t up, literally! You should be at a loss for words😂

Can we send Donald Trump to South Africa?

But politicians can rob us blind and they wont even see the inside of a courtroom

It's not a good time to throw the WHO in prison.

CNN would be off the air here.

needs to be careful

We’re gonna run out of media members here if that happens

It's all good and well to make it a crime, its the implementation that's a problem.

Buhari what are you waiting for?Look at your mate...

Trump would be imprisoned if US is South Africa.

Based on what you're reporting, how I wish the inept septuagenarian and his faux friends were living in South Africa. I distinctly remember them all saying covid-19 was a hoax.

Africa we do t care

Ridiculous.

Getting rid of freedom of speech. Lol Chinese communist party propaganda shizzle

If we had this law, every CNN anchor would be in jail right now.

Cnn would be shut down. So would this new harvard study projecting 30 million plus infected in the US. There's not even a million infected world wide. Snowflake sheeple swallow it whole and dont even question it .

this should be in India smh

Barnes_Law So, I guess CNN better stay the hell out of South Africa.

Wow Trump should have been president over there

Let’s hope you are not airing in South Africa

We should do that here in the USA. Trump should be the first one that gets locked up.

Drastic measures in times of great threat

Who’s to say what’s true or false?

If we did that we would have to imprison the executive branch and Fox News personalities too. Let's do it.

And thats how it should be. Penalize fake news its about time!

GillianF Attn FoxNews

I hope it includes the media too and pseudo scientists.

Learned from their commie ”brothers” in 中国🇨🇳

Bwahahahahahaha, that means cnn would be prosecuted!

How quickly can we get Trumpy over there? I live for the day I see him arrested! TrumptheWorstPresidentEVER

Too bad we can't make journalists spreading lies a crime. You and almost every other network owned by the same 5 oligarchs would be out of business and Bernie Sanders would be our president.

Tell us more about the other shithole countries run by authoritarian regimes. Covid-19 is a biological weapon

Maybe you should take note CNN...

Similar in Singapore too, there is a POFMA (protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act). Individuals in breach of section 7 will be liable to a fine up to S$50,000 and/or a term of imprisonment up to 5 years. For non-individuals, a fine of up to $S500k will be imposed

Let's start that here.

absatou Says CNN the gold standard for fake news

How's abt the government giving its fake info to fool the public for political gain like the brainless trump.

So CNN isn't allowed in SouthAfrica ? FakeNews narrative

DawieScholtz Good! First time in decades I am proud of our government. If only we applied the same action to all our challenges.

Oh that better. Here could be upto 10 years. Supresive is the dark side of regime panic. Failed to socialize they take supresive option. False information mostly are not intended to spread lies. But punishment surely reaction to cover inability to educate people

I think Fox News employees would need a prison complex all of their own if that were a thing in the US

Hix, that's so sad

In the US That would mean to arrest the entire administration and Foxnews.

DawieScholtz A death sentence actually with Corona-virus everywhere! Last time we controlled information like that was during apartheid's time: it then didn't lead to greater truth going about - it's unlikely that it will now.

They learned from the mistakes of the realDonaldTrump WhiteHouse. Lies during a crisis = death. Just think how many lives would've been saved if in January POTUS took this seriously. He found time to give a speech at the Super Bowl & golf but no time was spent on COVID19.

What happened if all these are applicable in Pakistan

Sounds like an excellent plan. Start with Fox.

chiimyx

Yet the South African gvt doesn't even have a single testing centre, Talk of majoring in the minors

We could lock Trump up for life

Really?

All of the hosts at foxnews would be in jail if that was the law here

You guys worried?

So basically what you are saying is that Trump and most of the Fox News reporters would be in jail right now if they were in South Africa?

Have they issued a warrant for Donald Trump yet?

Too bad it isn't applicable to fake news outlets.

Every year 250k-300k death by influenza, but nothing happen. Now Corona, 8200 death and Worldwide lockdown. Wheres the true? Someone lies, but who?

Chinese News Network spreading Poo bear’s propaganda like a pro

Why isn’t it illegal for you to spread it everyday lol

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