{"id":3826,"date":"2020-04-07T23:59:42","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T03:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=3826"},"modified":"2020-04-07T23:59:42","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T03:59:42","slug":"criminal-charges-laid-against-man-for-spreading-fake-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=3826","title":{"rendered":"Criminal charges laid against man for spreading fake news"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> As  Director of the Canadian Association for Free Expression, I have warned  that &#8220;coronavirus&#8221; will be used as an excuse for restrictions on free  speech, state bullying and restriction of our rights, Here&#8217;s an example  from Soviet South Africa.  <\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Criminal charges laid against man for spreading fake newsn<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n                        \n                        \n                        06 Apr 2020  \n                                                       \n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.algoafm.co.za\/images\/cmsimages\/big\/fakenewsearbud-news-1586153734105124.jpeg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Eastern Cape Department of Health has condemned a video doing the\n rounds on social media where a man is calling on citizens to refuse \nbeing tested for Covid-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The man, who identifies himself as Stephen Donald Birch from Cape Town says the tests are contaminated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A criminal charge was laid against Birch on Monday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The spokesperson for the Eastern Cape Department of Health Sizwe Kupelo says they condemn this video spreading fake news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He says getting tested for the virus is the only way to flatten the curve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The National death toll for COVID19 rose to 11 on Sunday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Western Cape, nine patients are currently receiving treatment in ICU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Monday, the government rolled out a massive screening and testing programme countrywide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Director of the Canadian Association for Free Expression, I have warned that &#8220;coronavirus&#8221; will be used as an excuse for restrictions on free speech, state bullying and restriction of our rights, Here&#8217;s an example from Soviet South Africa. Criminal &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=3826\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3826"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3826"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3832,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3826\/revisions\/3832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}