Internet censorship in South Africa: a brief exposé of negative and positive trends

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dc.contributor.authorBitso, Constance
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-16T12:56:44Z
dc.date.available2014-10-16T12:56:44Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractThis article investigates internet censorship in South Africa using a set of negative and positive internet censorship trends adapted from Bitso, Fourie and Bothma (2012) to raise awareness in light of increasing global internet censorship and South Africa’s involvement in a proposal for inter-governmental policy on the internet. Both positive and negative internet censorship trends are noted. The investigation reveals that South Africa has the highest level of media freedom in Africa. However, there are three concerns highlighted that might have a bearing on internet censorship in South Africa. Firstly, there is the formulation of legislation that might impact on the use of information, in particular the Protection of State Information Bill (2010). As such, various campaigns and cyber actions were made against this Bill because it is deemed to entrench information censorship. Secondly, there is the hacking of South African government websites, including that of the police on more than one occasion. This warrants internet censorship in order to combat crime as well as to ensure safety and security. Thirdly, there is the increasing challenge of spam and malware that calls for filtering to protect systems such as servers.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationBitso, C. (2014). Internet censorship in South Africa: a brief exposé of negative and positive trends. <i>South African Journal of Library and Information Science</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8447en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBitso, Constance "Internet censorship in South Africa: a brief exposé of negative and positive trends." <i>South African Journal of Library and Information Science</i> (2014) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8447en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBitso, C. 2014. Internet censorship in South Africa: a brief exposé of negative and positive trends. South African Journal of Library and Information Science.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0256-8861en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Bitso, Constance AB - This article investigates internet censorship in South Africa using a set of negative and positive internet censorship trends adapted from Bitso, Fourie and Bothma (2012) to raise awareness in light of increasing global internet censorship and South Africa’s involvement in a proposal for inter-governmental policy on the internet. Both positive and negative internet censorship trends are noted. The investigation reveals that South Africa has the highest level of media freedom in Africa. However, there are three concerns highlighted that might have a bearing on internet censorship in South Africa. Firstly, there is the formulation of legislation that might impact on the use of information, in particular the Protection of State Information Bill (2010). As such, various campaigns and cyber actions were made against this Bill because it is deemed to entrench information censorship. Secondly, there is the hacking of South African government websites, including that of the police on more than one occasion. This warrants internet censorship in order to combat crime as well as to ensure safety and security. Thirdly, there is the increasing challenge of spam and malware that calls for filtering to protect systems such as servers. DA - 2014 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Journal of Library and Information Science LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 SM - 0256-8861 T1 - Internet censorship in South Africa: a brief exposé of negative and positive trends TI - Internet censorship in South Africa: a brief exposé of negative and positive trends UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8447 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/8447
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBitso C. Internet censorship in South Africa: a brief exposé of negative and positive trends. South African Journal of Library and Information Science. 2014; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8447.en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisherStellenbosch Universityen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyCentre for Higher Education Developmenten_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.sourceSouth African Journal of Library and Information Scienceen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.7553/80-1-1388
dc.titleInternet censorship in South Africa: a brief exposé of negative and positive trendsen_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
uct.subject.keywordsinternet censorshipen_ZA
uct.subject.keywordsSouth Africaen_ZA
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uct.type.resourceArticleen_ZA
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