Campaign for Free Expression is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit organisation which defends and enables freedom of expression for all in Southern Africa
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Our webinar tomorrow @2.30pmCAT aims to identify legal threats facing the media. It will explore legal responses & opportunities for collaboration.
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[MEDIA STATEMENT] CFE, together with media applicants – Media 24, @amaBhungane, and @dailymaverick – challenge secret trial of senior SSA officials.
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[WATCH] “We have to look at our institutional capacity,” said CFE Executive Director Nicole Fritz, reflecting on how South Africa could draw lessons from the EU’s Digital Services Act.
Click the link to read the full Study: freeexpression.org.za/wp-con…
#CFEAtMFF2026 #MFF2026
[WATCH] Hendrik Sittig, Director of the @KAS_SouthAfrica Media Programme Sub-Saharan Africa, reflects on the research paper released by KAS and CFE, titled “A South African Legal Framework to Govern Online Harm: What Might We Learn from the EU’s Digital Services Act?”
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[WATCH] CFE Executive Director Nicole Fritz reflects on the research study she co-authored with Justine Limpitlaw, titled “A South African Legal Framework to Govern Online Harm: What Might We Learn from the EU’s Digital Services Act?”
Read the full Study: freeexpression.org.za/wp-con…
@SollyMalatsi Disinformation can spread like wildfire. We seeing it about foreign nationals that is driving instability. We need to know if trust can catch up. But fact checking doesn’t travel as fast @moxiiafrica @GermanyInsa @goethejoburg #MFF2026 @mediau @_FreeExpression
We are opening the last day of this year’s MFF with a keynote from Minister @SollyMalatsi who is talking to us about information integrity ahead of #LGE2026 in just 3 weeks and answering an important question: what is government doing to protect information integrity ahead of elections?
Watch here: youtube.com/live/b0WWBwDz8aI…
[HAPPENING TODAY] The final day of the #MFF2026 features the Reporter Slam South Africa, taking place this evening at @WitsUniversity. Top SA journalists will share the personal stories behind their reporting, including @Moloi_Herman1, @pontsho_pilane, and @motso_modise.
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[NEW RESEARCH STUDY] The study examines how SA could strengthen online platform accountability while safeguarding freedom of expression.
The report was co-authored by CFE Executive Director Nicole Fritz and Consultant Justine Limpitlaw.
Full study here: freeexpression.org.za/wp-con…
[PICTURES] CFE Executive Director Nicole Fritz at #MFF2026, where a research paper she co-authored with Justine Limpitlaw was launched.
The research paper is titled “A South African Legal Framework to Govern Online Harm: What Might We Learn from the EU’s Digital Services Act?.”
[MEDIA STATEMENT] CFE and KAS Media Programme Sub-Saharan Africa have released a report titled: “A South African Legal Framework to Govern Online Harm: What Might We Learn from the EU’s Digital Services Act?.”
The report explores what South Africa can learn from the EU’s Digital Services Act to address online harm while protecting freedom of expression.
Read the full statement here: freeexpression.org.za/wp-con…
[0P-ED] "A Digital Services Act-style framework could establish legally prescribed notice-and-action procedures for illegal content, with minimum requirements governing how notices are received and considered," write Nicole Fritz and Justine Limpitlaw.
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Nicole and Justine have co-authored a research report titled "A South African Legal Framework to Govern Online Harm: What Might We Learn from the EU’s Digital Services Act?"
The report will be launched this morning at #MFF2026 at the @goethejoburg in Johannesburg.
The arguments here are about nuance and promote understanding of a complex issue. It’s Jsut great! @motso_modise @BenWinks @moxiiafrica @goethejoburg #mff2026 @_FreeExpression @SAEditorsForum
The more prevalent the hate the more tolerant we seem to be. Says @BenWinks @motso_modise @moxiiafrica #mff2026 @_FreeExpression @goethejoburg
[IN PICTURES] Here are some of the people who visited the CFE stall at #MFF2026 and wrote messages of solidarity in support of freedom of expression. Remember, we’ll be here throughout the festival, so come take a picture and write your own message.
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Our afternoon sessions are kicking off !
Check out Dr Christopher Nehring and his Masterclass workshop: More than just deep fakes in the main hall.
And in Classroom 1 we have the @Refugees workshop on: The language of displacement, migration, othering and harm.
#MFF2026 #MediaFreedomFestival2026 @GermanyinSA
[WATCH LIVE] If you cannot make it to @goethejoburg for the 2026 #MediaFreedomFestival? You can still join us online! Follow the live proceedings on Day 1 and be part of the conversations celebrating and defending media freedom.
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[IN PICTURES] The 2026 #MediaFreedomFestival is underway at @goethejoburg! CFE has a stall at the festival where we’re showcasing our work.
Come by, meet our team, and learn more about what we do.
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