Lawyers for Calum Thwaites in 18C case seek to stop Facebook providing details of account that posted racial slur The lawyer for a student at the centre of a national race discrimination controversy will examine a court to shut down the final legal avenue to test his sworn evidence that an online impersonator made a racist slur in his name.
Calum Thwaites was named in a $250000 lawsuit by former Queensland University of Technology staffer Cindy Prior,who accused him of posting the comment “ITT niggers” on Facebook after she asked white students to leave an Indigenous-only computer room in 2013. Related: I used to think we didn't need 18C. But could a version of it represent our best selves? | homosexual Alcorn Related: QUT, racial discrimination and why the Liberals' fight over 18C will lead to a sequel | Katharine Murphy Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com