Freedom of expression, privacy and the media
[Source: Committee to Protect Journalists.]
The Committee to Protect Journalists expressed concern over newly passed regulations in South Africa that criminalize disinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic and could potentially prompt other countries to adopt more repressive rules and censorship against the press. Read more
[Source: Business Tech.]
President Cyril Ramaphosa signed off on the controversial Films and Publications Amendment Act in October 2019. Read more
[Source: Politicsweb by Marie-Louise Antoni.]
“Make no laws whatever concerning speech, and speech will be free; so soon as you make a declaration on paper that speech shall be free, you will have a hundred lawyers proving that ‘freedom does not mean abuse, nor liberty licence’; and they will define and define freedom out of existence.” – Voltaire de Cleyre Read more
[Source: Daily Maverick by Jane Duncan.]
A recent high court judgment has opened up important space for South Africans to decide what powers spy agencies should and shouldn’t have. Bulk surveillance is one of the powers it shouldn’t. Read more