Many have the wrong perception that the Internet allows anyone to say anything with impunity. Where the person referred to is aggrieved, the legal framework allows a civil claim to be made or prosecution to be instituted.
RECENT events involving civil litigation as well as prosecution against bloggers and others using the Internet, emphasised the point that such persons are not unaccountable nor enjoy immunity from the law.
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