If you don’t feel like writing a letter, you could always attend one of the public hearings, which have been scheduled for 24 and 25 May this year.
Unfortunately, there are no simple answers for content creators who want to stay on the right side of the law.
With the FPB Amendment Act once again being a source of panic and concern, we have to reassess how legislation is drafted and communicated to citizens.
South Africans have just 30 days to comment on the Draft Films and Publications Amendment Regulations.
The FPB Amendment bill has been signed into law but where we go to from here is unclear at this stage.
Not being attorneys ourselves we contacted Schindlers Attorneys to help us understand the nuances of the FPB Amendment Bill and there is some good news for local content creators.
The FPB amendment bill appears to target private citizens uploading content online. We asked the FPB whether your cat videos will be regulated under the new laws. The short answer is no.
The FPB Amendment Bill is on its way to becoming law. Online content creators and platform holders should be very worried indeed.
The Department of Justice has published the text of the Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity Bill which will be introduced to parliament for readings and further amendments. It’s very different from the text of the original, and highly controversial, Bill which was put forward for discussion in 2015. There’s a way to
Final deliberations for what was once described as “Africa’s worst internet censorship law” have been moved to February 2017.
If the FPB Bill is passed and written into law in the state that it is now, popular video game streaming service Twitch would essentially be illegal in South Africa.
Tell SA’s Parliament just what you think about the FPB’s plan to implement a censorship strategy for online content.
