ANC Youth League calls for closure of Twitter

3 Nov 2010

It seems the ANC Youth League (ANCYL) has finally had enough of all the fake Twitter accounts that have sprung up in the name of Julius Malema, hilariously calling on the authorities to "closer (sic.) Twitter if its administrators are not able to administer reports for violation of basic human rights and integrity".

ANC Youth League calls for closure of Twitter

Youth League spokesman Floyd Shivambu threatened that the "impersonators" would feel the full force of the law, claiming that the "laws of this country will come down very hard on them."

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For more:

Original statement: Youth League concerned by creation of fake Twitter accounts in the name of Youth League President Julius Malema
The Daily Maverick: Julius Malema vs the many-headed Twitter Hydra
Mail & Guardian: ANCYL: Close Twitter
News24: ANCYL to close Twitter
Google News Search: ANCYL close Twitter
Twitter Search: ANCYL close Twitter OR Malema OR Julius Malema OR Shivambu OR ANCYL

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