Norton member of the House of Assembly Themba Mliswa has dissociated himself from a Twitter account bearing his name. Zivhu is suing Mliswa at the High Court for $1 million over alleged defamation of character emanating from tweets which are attributed to Mliswa. Mliswa has however challenged Zivhu to prove that he indeed owned the Twitter account. He argued
How is it being alleged that the Twitter account Hon Temba P Mliswa belongs to the defendant? Is there any proof that shows that it is the defendant who authored such tweets?
We request that we be furnished with MAC address that identifies the actual device that was used to send the said tweets.
We request that we be furnished with an IP address which identifies the location and the Internet that was used. Is there any confirmation from the service provider that indeed the account belongs to the defendant? How is the defendant responsible for the articles he did not author?
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