2015-03-11 17:11 - Thinus Ferreira <\/p>\n
(Lohanna Hoffmann) <\/p>\n
Cape Town - Civil society watchdog, The Right2Know Campaign, is demanding that the Film and Publications Board (FPB) put aside a controversial draft on internet regulation. <\/p>\n
Internet censorship looms for all South African websites, internet publications and blogs in a draft Online Regulation Policy gazetted by the FPB. <\/p>\n
The draft policy, which has been gazetted for public comment, requires that online distributors must have digital content classified in terms of the boards guidelines. <\/p>\n
This means that content producers would have to apply and pay for classification before their content is made available online. <\/p>\n
The FPB said it is does not want children to be exposed to unclassified content via the internet while the board has also raised concerns over user-generated content of an offensive nature such as racism. <\/p>\n
However, Right2Know wants the FPB to stop what it calls an attempt to exercise pre-publication censorship of the internet in South Africa. <\/p>\n
According to the Right2Know Campaign, the censorship regulations could infringe on the South African publics right to freely get information as well as to impart information a right enshrined in the South African Constitution. <\/p>\n
The target of this regulation is not just major distributors, but also individuals, says the Right2Know Campaign. <\/p>\n
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