Laws preventing distribution of images without consent give govt more control: expert
The new laws on Films and Publications will likely give government complete control of censorship online.
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The new laws on Films and Publications will likely give government complete control of censorship online.
The DA rejects President Cyril Ramaphosa’s signing of the Films and Publications Amendment Act. Not only is this a dark day for our hard won freedom of speech, but due to problems with the Government Printing Works (GPW), South Africans did not know this Act had been proclaimed until the day it became law. The President’s surreptitious proclamation of the Act indicates that the ANC government hoped this horrific piece of legislation would go unnoticed. The DA has asked the problems with the GPW be solved as a matter of urgency, and because our call was not adhered to, the Act has c...
President Cyril Ramaphosa approved the Films and Publications Amendment (FPA) Act in February with the new laws coming into effect from 1 March 2022.