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Zama Mkosi is a qualified media and entertainment lawyer, with over two decades’ experience in the creative industries and the CEO/founder of multiple businesses including MyWord Group – a specialist provider of film, television and entertainment insurance solutions.
The revision of the act demands that online content producers submit their content to the Film & Publications Board (FPB) for classification, to determine whether such expression is permitted online or not.
The legislation comes at a time when improved internet distribution in the country has enabled wider access to a range of online content generation tools such as blogs, personal websites and other forms of expression through social media platforms.