Mauritius - Law on Social Media: fake profiles and fake news

From: Ish Sookun <ish.sookun_at_lasentinelle.mu>
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 20:34:51 +0400

Hi folks,

Did you read the latest cabinet decisions [1] ?

I quote:

    « Cabinet has taken note of an Opinion Paper of the Law Reform
      Commission on “Law on Social Media: Fake Profiles, Fake News, and
      other Harmful Practices”. »

The 50 something pages of the recommendations [2] of the Law Reform
Commission is based mostly on legislation of other countries and
workshops carried out there. I don't find any mention of any workshop or
study to understand the extent and consequences of fake news in Mauritius.

Regards,

Ish Sookun

[1]
http://pmo.govmu.org/English/Documents/Cabinet%20Decisions%202018/Cabinet_Decisions_taken_on_05_OCTOBER_2018.pdf
[2]
http://lrc.govmu.org/English//DOCUMENTS/OPINION%20PAPER%20LAW%20ON%20SOCIAL%20MEDIA%20(FAKE%20PROFILES%20FAKE%20NEWS%20AND%20OTHER%20HARMFUL%20DIGITAL%20COMMUNICATIONS)%20[LRC_R_P%20126SEP%202018].PDF
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