Author J.K. Rowling has fallen silent on her usually busy X (formerly Twitter) feed, after Olympic gold medalist boxer Imane Khelif filed a legal complaint in France for alleged cyber harassment over statements regarding her gender.

On August 9, lawyers for Khelif filed a lawsuit with a special unit of the public prosecutor’s office in Paris, stemming from false statements that spread online about her gender after the Algerian boxer defeated Italy’s Angela Carini in her first fight of the 2024 Olympic Games. Carini pulled out 46 seconds into the bout and told reporters afterwards that she had “never felt a punch like this.”

  • Serinus@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    There’s a whole lot here that’s just slightly off the mark. I’ll give you the general sentiment, but the details need work.

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      1 month ago

      Ok, sorry. I’m British, I couldn’t really give a fuck about the first amendment.

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          1 month ago

          This is the internet, where we’re all an authority on all things American because Americans won’t shut the fuck up talking about themselves.