Pretoria - A content producer and part-time media lecturer turned to the North Gauteng High Court to obtain an urgent order to “unmask” an unidentified person who, he said, is falsely claiming on social media that he is a rapist. The man, whose identity is not being revealed, asked for his application to be heard in camera.
He said the person badmouthing him on social media was abusing the @AmINext account, set up to assist in the fight against gender-based violence , for her or his personal sinister and malicious purposes. The applicant wanted the court to force the administrators of Twitter to disclose the personal details - including address and telephone number - of the so-called “victim” who had sent them the rape allegation against him.
He said in court papers that he had opened a case at the Wierdabrug police station after his name was tainted by this person or persons on social media, and an investigation was under way.
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