{"id":185136,"date":"2017-03-29T10:43:59","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T14:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/handsoffsocialmedia-as-internet-censorship-bill-booed-southlands-sun\/"},"modified":"2017-03-29T10:43:59","modified_gmt":"2017-03-29T14:43:59","slug":"handsoffsocialmedia-as-internet-censorship-bill-booed-southlands-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/transhuman-news-blog\/censorship\/handsoffsocialmedia-as-internet-censorship-bill-booed-southlands-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"#HandsOffSocialMedia as &#8216;internet censorship&#8217; bill booed &#8211; Southlands Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>    #HandsOffSocialMedia: A PROPOSAL to regulate social media has    been put forward by minister of state security, David Mahlobo    and citizens are outraged.  <\/p>\n<p>    An online petition by the Right 2 Know (R2K) Organisation    against the proposal has garnered nearly 1,000 votes by South    Africans who believe their freedom of speech under threat.  <\/p>\n<p>    The independent courts, a vibrant civil society and critical    media are essential to the democratic process, especially when    state entities fail to act with integrity, transparency or    accountability. It is the executives paranoia and abuse of    power that undermines democracy and creates instability.  <\/p>\n<p>    R2K has already raised concerns that SAs state-security    structures have abused their surveillance powers and shown a    disregard for democratic process. Mahlobos regime change    mantra is part of a recycled narrative where members of the    security cluster have tried to paint their critics as threats    that must be targeted, read a statement by R2K.  <\/p>\n<p>    People have taken to Twitter to express their opposition to the    proposal with the hashtag #HandsOffSocialMedia.  <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Government wants to prevent the word of the common people so corruption can continue to rape our land. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Durban2022?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Durban2022<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HandsOffSocialMedia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HandsOffSocialMedia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Yashik Singh (@yashiks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yashiks\/status\/841354680722694148?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 13, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jiggasyd\/status\/841238372614057984\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jiggasyd\/status\/841238372614057984<\/a>  <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Better yet use those funds  against some of the fiscal activities...unemployment... tertiary education funding <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HandsOffSocialMedia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HandsOffSocialMedia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lotus? (@PhumiG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhumiG\/status\/839201061466427392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <\/p>\n<p>    Social media law specialist, Emma Sadleir even commented on the    situation:  <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In sum: The answer to bad speech, is more speech <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HandsOffSocialMedia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HandsOffSocialMedia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DJFreshSA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DJFreshSA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Emma Sadleir Berkowitz (@EmmaSadleir) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmmaSadleir\/status\/839351022338338816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <\/p>\n<p>    The campaign packaged the plan to regulate social media among    other bills as affronts to freedom from censorship.  <\/p>\n<p>    It comes on the back of a range of existing, deeply    problematic censorship policies, including the Film and    Publication Boards internet censorship regulations, the    draft Hate Speech Bill, and the new Cybercrimes Bill, which would hand the    keys of the internet to David Mahlobo.  <\/p>\n<p>    Regulation of social media already exists  platforms like    Twitter and Facebook have added self-regulation measures to    empower users to take action against online harassment and cut    down on the spread of fake news and propaganda. These systems    are flawed, and users need to be empowered to engage with    content critically and decide for themselves whether to trust    the content they access.  <\/p>\n<p>    Giving state security any role in regulation is a sure path    to internet censorship.  <\/p>\n<p>    What do you think about the proposal? Talk to us.  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>    Do you have more information pertaining to this    story?    Feel free to let us know by commenting on our Facebook page    or you can contact our newsroom on 031 903 2341 and speak to a    journalist.  <\/p>\n<p>    DID YOU KNOW?    Click on the words highlighted in red to read more on this    and related topics.    To receive news links via WhatsApp, send an invite to 061    876 3179    The Southlands Sun is also on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest  why not join us    there?  <\/p>\n<p>    (Comments posted on this issue may be used for publication in    the Sun)  <\/p>\n<p><!-- Auto Generated --><\/p>\n<p>Read more from the original source:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/southlandssun.co.za\/71722\/handsoffsocialmedia-internet-censorship-bill-booed\/\" title=\"#HandsOffSocialMedia as 'internet censorship' bill booed - Southlands Sun\">#HandsOffSocialMedia as 'internet censorship' bill booed - Southlands Sun<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-185136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-censorship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185136"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185136\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}