Monitoring and Reponse; Lobbying; Legal Action; Research and Publication
South Africa
Botswana
Eswatini
Malawi
Zimbabwe
Submission to the Facebook Oversight Board
CFE has submitted a recommendation in response to the Facebook Advisory Board’s call for comment on whether or not to stop postings that carry the old apartheid flag. This required a careful balance between the……
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Meta’s attempt to avoid SA law is slapped down by Information Regulator
South Africa’s Information Regulator (IF) has rejected an attempt by the international tech giant, Meta, to say that local law does not apply to them. This is a significant step in making one of the world’s big……
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Questioning the social media giants
CFE has written to the tech giants – Meta, Google, TikTok and X – to ask them to be transparent about what they are doing to prevent digital disruption of our elections. ……
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CFE calls for major changes to flawed new Intelligence Bill.
CFE has made details submissions to Parliament on the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill (GILAB), warning that in its current form this Bill is a major threat to free expression and democracy. ……
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RICA submissions
The CFE is deeply concerned about the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-Related Information Amendment (RICA) Bill currently before Parliament, dealing with state survei……
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Hate Speech Bill
Submissions on the prevention and combatting of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill……
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Release the Lady R Report, Mr President
Release the Lady R Report, Mr President (this replaces the one there at the moment) With Open Secrets, we have put in a Promotion of Access to Information Act request to the Presidency to see the Lady R report ……
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Fix the Film and Publication Act
CFE is working with a wide coalition to draft and push for amendments to the highly problematic Film and Publications Board Act…….
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Botswana Freedom of Expression Summit
The summit spoke in one voice against the conduct of the country’s Directorate of Intelligence and State Security (DISS), notorious for illegal surveillance and frequent arrest and harassment of activists…….
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Botswana
We are investigating the new Media Practitioners Act with a view to working with Botswana editors to challenge this new law, which threatens to introduce registration of journalists and a statutory media counci……
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Monitoring and response
We monitor and respond to threats to and attacks on free expression across SADC countries……
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eSwatini FoE Summit
In October 2022, we co-hosted a Freedom of Expression Summit with our partners, the Inhlase Centre for Investigative Journalism, in Manzini. One hundred individuals attended, representing every part of civil so……
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eSwatini
Since the protests of July 2001, the eSwatini authorities have responded to the calls for democratization with severe repression. The country has seen growing violence in recent months. We work with eSwatini pa……
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Malawi Stakeholder Meeting
CFE hosted a consultative meeting with Malawian journalists and civil society organisations (CSOs) to kick off its work in that country. The meeting was held in collaboration with Youth and Society (YAS) and ……..
