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Facebook, X/Twitter, YouTube and TikTok approve violent misogynistic hate speech adverts for publication in South Africa

Facebook, X/Twitter, TikTok and YouTube all approved adverts featuring extreme and violent misogynistic hate speech against women journalists in South Africa, a new investigation by Global Witness and the South African public interest law firm, Legal Resources Centre (LRC), can reveal. The investigation submitted 10 adverts containing hate speech targeting women journalists to Facebook/Meta, TikTok, […]

LRC back in court to confront government’s lack of action on overcrowded schools

[Release] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LRC back in court to confront government’s lack of action on overcrowded schools In the latest development in a six-year legal battle affecting thousands of learners who attend overcrowded schools in the Eastern Cape, the Legal Resources Centre (LRC) will once again appear in the Mthatha High Court on 9 November […]

Transgender Beaumont Primary Learner Faces Unsafe and Discriminatory Learning Environment 

CAPE TOWN: 20 October 2023 The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) is appearing in the Western Cape High Court on Friday, 20 October 2023, representing a transgender learner, OM, and his family. The LRC is challenging the learner’s right to receive an education in a safe environment free from unfair discrimination and harassment. OM is being […]