Yesterday on 26 March 2020, the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies issued further regulations in terms of the Disaster Management Act (Gazette No. 43164 of 26 March 2020). If you operate a website in South Africa and it has a top level .za domain (.co.za or .ac.za or .org.za) you must link to www.sacoronavirus.co.za on your … Continue reading Urgent action required if you have a South African domain
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Reminder: Sharing Fake News could be a Criminal Offence
As briefly discussed in a Youtube video last week, sharing fake news has become more and more common since the global outbreak of COVID-19 (Coronavirus). Over the past 24 hours I have been sent, and have seen on social media, three fake pieces of communication. Although some people may think “what’s the harm, you never know”, or “just … Continue reading Reminder: Sharing Fake News could be a Criminal Offence
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