The Film and Publications Board is flexing South Africa’s new censorship law.
The Film and Publication Board has issued a legal notice on South Africa’s Internet service providers demanding that they comply with amendments to the Film and Publications Act.
These include child pornography, propaganda for war, incitement of imminent violence, and advocating hatred based on an identifiable group characteristic that constitutes incitement to cause harm by any person. Provided a mechanism to enable children to report suspicious behaviour by any person in a chatroom to the service or access provider.
Boloka assured this demand was a preliminary information-gathering process to see ISPs’ efforts in combating online harms and abuses. “Concurrent to this notice, we will also be analysing the various co-regulatory industry codes and working with co-regulators to ensure alignment with the amendment Act and its regulations.”
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