South Africa’s ISP Association declines to fight censorship law ultimatum

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ISPA says concerns are “somewhat overblown” — right before raising serious concerns.

South Africa’s Internet Service Provider Association has said that ISPs must register with the Film and Publications Board by 27 January 2023.demanding that South African ISPs comply with amendments to the Film and Publications Act at the end of October.As part of the exercise, Internet service providers must provide reports on all reasonable steps taken to prevent the use of their services for hosting and distributing prohibited material.

Service providers must then say what reasonable steps they took to preserve evidence for the relevant authorities to use in investigations and prosecution.Prominently displayed reasonable safety messages in a language that will be clearly understood by children, on all advertisements for a child-oriented service, as well as in the medium used to access such child-oriented service including, where appropriate, chatroom safety messages for chatrooms or similar contact services.

ISPA says it has a close working relationship with the FPB and views concerns about registering with the agency as “somewhat overblown”. “This is not to say, however, that ISPA does not have serious concerns about the new powers which the FPB has and the manner in which these will be implemented,” Cull said.He highlighted the overlap between the Films and Publications Act and other legislation as one area of concern, such as the Cybercrimes Act and the Domestic Violence Act.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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