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PNG has some form when it comes to closing down online speech. One blogger found himself under court injunction for referring to a government official named Mr.
by docdeek 8y ago
PNG has some form when it comes to closing down online speech. One blogger found himself under court injunction for referring to a government official named Mr. Gamato as Mr. Tomato:
>> The Electoral Commission obtained a court order restraining well-known blogger Martyn Namorong from tweeting or sharing allegedly defamatory statements about commissioner Patilias Gamato.
>> Mr Gamato said he was insulted when Mr Namorong began substituting the word tomato for his surname.
>> "He made some defamatory statements and also called my surname, which is Gamato as 'tomato'," he said.
>> "I don't look like a tomato, I'm a human being."
[0]: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-14/png-electoral-commissioner-gets-court-order-to-gag-blogger/8710618 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-14/png-electoral-commissi...
- moolcool 8y agoMr Tomato has apparently never heard of the Streisand Effect