On 3rd September 2024, Guyanese social media personality and social commentator Mikhail Rodrigues was found guilty of criminal contempt of court.
The contempt proceedings were triggered after Rodrigues, while appearing in the High Court remotely via Zoom, broadcast portions of the hearing to his show “Morning Live with Critic” to Facebook. The court later learned about the broadcast and summoned Rodrigues.
In the summons, the court said that Rodrigues live-streamed select parts of the court proceedings without the permission and knowledge of the court, and by doing so, broadcast an incomplete and incorrect telling of what happened in court, thereby potentially hurting the public’s trust and confidence in the court, and by extension, the court’s ability to do its job.