Student claiming RMIT is ‘complicit in genocide’ in social media post faces misconduct action

RMIT student Gemma Seymour is facing disciplinary action over a social media video about the university's ties to weapons companies. Photograph: supplied

An RMIT University student faces potential suspension over a video accusing the institution of being “complicit in genocide” in Gaza, because of its defence and aerospace research centre’s ties to weapons companies.

RMIT has argued the video, recorded in a corridor of the centre, publicly identifies its location which is not published online, thereby risking the safety of its facility, staff and students.