Meta faces fight over South African election probe

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Meta faces fight over South African election probe
ElectionAnton Harber
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Meta has refused a Paia request to give the South African public details about its election management strategies.

giant Meta Platforms – the owner of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram – following the US company’s refusal to abide a Promotion of Access to Information Act request made by free-speech advocacy group the

Meta refused CFE’s request, to which the latter responded by filing a complaint with the Information Regulator In its response to Harber’s initial request, Meta cited its legal residence in the US, and not South Africa, as the reason it would not comply with Paia – a South African law. “The fact that Meta Inc itself is not a registered South African entity cannot form a basis for the notion that it need not concern itself with constitutional rights in its dealings with the South African public, particularly where this engagement takes place within the Republic of South Africa. To suggest otherwise would be to allow foreign entities per se to act lawlessly without consequence, which would be legally untenable,” said Harber.

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