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.
This week’s bumper edition of the africast touches on games, music streaming and phones.
The FPB Amendment Bill is on its way to becoming law. Online content creators and platform holders should be very worried indeed.
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.
If an online distributor failed to register with the FPB after the Bill has been passed, it would simply block internet access to the service like Steam.
Tell SA’s Parliament just what you think about the FPB’s plan to implement a censorship strategy for online content.
The Right2Know campaign demands that the FPB shows how it reached the conclusion that the public is down with internet censorship.
These handy services make it easy to lodge your thoughts on SA’s new internet regulations.
R26.5bn policy proposals up for public debate, likely to be delayed before finalised.
A clerical error has seen NSFAS-funded UJ students missing out on thousands of Rands, and neither seem to be doing much about it.
