New laws to regulate Internet content in SA

Paul Hjul said:
Indeed, and the same sort of thinking existed in the earlier business licensing bill which has been sent into retreat.

But this is why ISPA adopting the approach which they are is folly, and coming as it is after the ODM issue smells of buttering up to the FSBs embedded clan over at the Family Policy Institute who just got an odd costs order against ICASA and whose affiliates have received money from Naspers, demonstrates an approach that invites and relishes regulatory capture.
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yeah, meanwhile in the practical world...
 
If anything, make the options available, at the ISP level, for those who would like to have their content regulated and no more.
 
Oh noo they didn't have that thought. :wtf:
 
Paul Hjul said:
Oh ISPA you adorable little cuddly teddy bear
Inviting the FSB over for some tea and hope to put together some mutually beneficial censorship and believing that course is not going to result in being bitten

Rather deal with the impermissibly broad and vague provisions of the statute and actually launch a collateral challenge when necessary

- of course the fact that Naspers is in bed with the FPB makes it a little bit more complicated, but shouldn't
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O.o
Do tell more.
 
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