Ismail Joosub, Legal Officer at the Foundation, explores the complexities of free expression during the electoral period, scrutinising recent developments like the FPB’s notice.
The Foundation notes with concern that the notice gazetted by the Films and Publications Board, on 22 March, appears to be based on a misapplication of the Act and exceeds the power conferred to the FPB by the Act.
On 22 March 2024, the Films and Publications Board gazetted a notice identifying “disinformation”, “misinformation” and “fake news” as “harmful or disturbing” and concluded that it was “prohibited content” in terms of the Films and Publications Act, 1996.
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