Today our guest is Dr Mashilo Boloka, Chief Executive Office of the FPB.

• The Film and Publication Board has put into law a new act that aims to monitor and classify all content uploaded across the internet in South Africa by content creators and publications.
• the new guidelines applies to users who upload any prohibited content to the internet that the FPB deems as unfit.
• This includes child pornography, hate speech, content to entice war etc.
• the FPB wants to monitor content creators, streamers and publications in South Africa by classifying all media uploaded to social media, YouTube and Twitch.
• The FPB says that anyone who creates content with the intention to upload it online and make money off of it has to register with the body in order for them to classify the material and greenlight it for publishing.
• This means if you are a YouTuber who has a monetized channel, your videos need to be classified before you can publish them.
• If you are an Instagram influencer and are being paid to share a video from a product, that needs to be sent to the FPB for classification.