Emma Sadleir Berkowitz
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Social Media Law Specialist, Speaker, Co-Author of 'Don't Film Yourself Having Sex' and ‘Selfies, Sexts and Smartphones’ info @thedigitallawco .com
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After countless requests and such lovely feedback from the live session, we’ve made this two-hour recording available for purchase for a limited time. Just buy a ticket and you’ll get a link to watch at your leisure - along with tips and further resources
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My favourite memory of
@sindivanzyl
was taking a traumatised little girl who had just found out she had HIV for a consult. She explained to her how the ARVs worked by drawing diagrams of soldiers going into battle. Little girl left feeling like a superhero warrior 💔
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I’m in hospital with covid pneumonia. Feeling indescribably lucky to have got a bed. Thinking of all the people who are feeling so sick and don’t have access to the same resources 💔 Also - both my parents have recovered despite mega comorbidities. VIVA vaccines VIVA!
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Huge news: President Ramaphosa has proclaimed that most of the Cybercrimes Act will come into force from TODAY - including provisions on ‘malicious communications’
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In case you missed it, this
#SandpaperGate
#BallTampering
is utterly outrageous. It’s just not cricket.
#BanBancroft
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I’m very sure that
@PresidencyZA
did this on purpose to make us all laugh! 🤣🤣 Golly I love him so 🧁❤️🇿🇦
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Image-based violence is illegal in South Africa:
🔴The distribution of "private sexual photos or films" is a crime under the Films and Publications Amendment Act = R300,000+4 yrs prison
🔴The sharing of "intimate images" is a crime under the Cybercrimes Act = fine+3 yrs prison
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Breaking and very very NB!
Spreading fake news / disinformation about
#covid19
#CoronavirusInSA
with ‘the intention to deceive’ is now a criminal offence punishable by up to 6 months in prison
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Finally, the man behind the Man’s Not Barry Roux Twitter account has been exposed.
Don’t ever think you’re anonymous on the internet. Sometimes it takes years, sometimes it takes court orders, sometimes a man like
@jean_leroux
to the digging.
Chapeau!
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I have looked *IN DETAIL* at the Covid Alert App and I am absolutely satisfied that there are no privacy concerns and that people should download it. The app is entirely anonymised and no location information is stored
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The Durban July was just plunged into darkness. Apparently the City of Durban had given written guarantees that loadshedding would NOT happen today. I cannot imagine the chaos - 50,000 people, mostly drunk by this time, in the pitch dark 🙈🙈
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In the current climate, presume EVERYTHING you read on social media and every voice note you receive on WhatsApp groups - is untrue. Get your news from news sites. Interrogate content before you share it. This fake news is causing havoc.
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Any SA journos on my TL want to expose a paedo grooming teenage girls on Snapchat? Have all the evidence incl pics of him and his ‘happy family’, chats, dick pics, info of corporate where he works etc. Pls get in touch
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Wowee waking up after a magical week! Arranged a surprise wedding, got married, welcomed our son to the world AND went on honeymoon to the magical
@Singita_
Lebombo - all in a week’s work! Okay there wasn’t that much work last week🤣🙈
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Johnny Clegg was a national treasure. He deserves a state funeral. Sending all the love in the world to
@Jesse_Clegg
and the rest of the family
#RIPJohnnyClegg
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Are all phone networks as bad as each other during loadshedding? I’m with MTN and due to renew my contract but this signal is killing me
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Back to my 6 flights a week schedule and all I can say is THANK GOODNESS for
@FlySafair
. Literally always on time. And I love that they don’t give you sh*t about electronics onboard - like reading a kindle for take off and landing. Viva!
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Someone tried to hack my Twitter last night but luckily have two step authentication. YOU MUST DO THIS! In the top menu, tap your profile icon, then tap ‘Settings and Privacy’. Tap ‘Account’, then tap ‘Security’. Tap ‘Two-factor authentication’. Then ‘Text message’. Pls RT! 💥
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Oy Eusebius 💔 What an incomprehensible loss to our country. Thank you for always challenging me - even when it was exhausting! Sho what a mind. I’ll miss you 😢
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I won’t share the video of the naked man being forcibly evicted and his shack demolished (in the middle of winter, in a pandemic) because his dignity has suffered enough. But where is the humanity?? Outraged. Appalled. Just how??
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Messages which:
- incite damage to property or violence;
- threaten people with damage to property or violence;
- unlawfully disclose an "intimate image" (eg revenge pornography),
all become criminal offences 🎉
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A reminder that if Twitter is making you sadder or more anxious, you can give it a skip for a few days. Protect your mental health. These are some hard times. ❤️
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There is NOTHING like the sound of thunder when you haven’t heard it for months and months! First storm of the season brewing in Jozi ❤️⛈⚡️🌩
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I’m not surprised by the Kimberley Boys High video. I’ve spoken to over 200,000 students across SA in the last few years. My worst talk ever was at KBH in 2015. The boys wolf-whistled as I got on stage, they were disrespectful, almost mob-like. I got off stage actually fearful.
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Just finished a parent talk in Botswana and the President and First Lady were in the audience (front and centre, obvs). A whole President of a whole country. Hasn’t sunk in yet.
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Who is this person? Someone must know!!! He should be arrested under the Disaster Management Act immediately
#FakeNews
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🙏🏻🙏🏻I’m begging all parents to be EXTRA vigilant about what online content your children have access to during these horrific times. The unfiltered (and largely unmoderated) content currently circulating on social media is beyond traumatising to adults, never mind our children 💔
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#MiWay
story is so clearly fake news. Don't share it. MiWay could def sue for defamation and the targeted employee for privacy/dignity...
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The permanent suspension of Trump by Twitter is a crucial step in the right direction for social media platforms. It feels a bit like closing the door after the horse has bolted, but a welcome step nonetheless.
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Back to school pics - adorable but dangerous! Here are our top tips to protect you and your family
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When you’re being loadshed and you call your uber and his name is Power. POWER IS COMING! 😂🤣
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URGENT URGENT!!! If your child has downloaded Telegram please urgently make sure the location is turned off and that they cannot turn it back on. There is a ‘People Nearby’ feature which allows you to see nearby groups (without joining) with the most horrific pornography etc. 1/2
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Naming and shaming on social media constitutes defamation but is defensible IF what you are saying is true AND for the public benefit (legally sometimes called public interest)
It falls on the poster to prove the truth (not the victim of the defamation to prove that it is untrue)
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The Cybercrimes Act also criminalises:
- unlawful access, interception and interference of data;
- unlawful acts in respect of software and hardware tools;
- cyber fraud, cyber forgery and cyber uttering;
- unlawful acquisition, possession, provision, receipt or use of password
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I have a friend whose dear husband just died. She’d like to donate his brand new electrical wheelchair to someone young and in need. Please let me know if you know anyone who needs one?
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International phone scam: If you get a missed call from a strange foreign number, don't answer and don't call back. Chows your airtime&data!
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What a story! Well done
@News24
! The absolute tosh on the mzansistories website and twitter account have been traumatizing me!! ‘EXPOSED: The Unisa employee who manufactures fake news to divide SA’
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I love Cupcake. An impossible task. We are well led. South Africa is going to emerge from this a better, more unified country than ever before
@PresidencyZA
❤️🇿🇦
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If you have seen or been sent a private, sexual picture or video of Fiona Viotti please ‘like’ this tweet. For an extra point, please tell me how or where you saw it or received it - private message, Whatsapp group, pornhub?
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Wowee this is an interesting development! I’ve had many cases against this account over the years…
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Mugabe resignation (and
@MapsMaponyane
) got me thiiiiis happy!!! Let’s do this Investec PE!
#InvestecConversation
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A quick video of my thoughts on the new
#WhatsappPrivacy
policy (it’s my first working day of the year so my brain isn’t working as well as it should be!)
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'We refuse to be the first generation to gain our freedom and lose our freedom in one lifetime'
#SaveSouthAfrica
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Please save this image and share it far and wide. On ALL your WhatsApp groups!
#FakeNewsStopsWithMe
Thanks
@mikestopforth
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And Zuma starts his speech by laughing. Laughing! This. Is. Not. A. Laughing. Matter.
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Totally spoilt in the office today! How’s my cake?? 🎂🎉🎊🍾 Thank you team xx
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🔴Also constitutes the criminal offence of crimen injuria (serious infringement of dignity).
🔴Civilly, can sue for damages (money) as a result of harm to privacy and dignity.
🔴Cyber Extortion is a criminal offence under the Cybercrimes Act.
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@NicoCdeGoede
@SAPoliceService
Ask me how many cases I’ve taken to the police and THEY. DO. NOTHING.
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Here are some WhatsApp group guidelines to share far and wide
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Global classifieds group OLX has banned the old South African flag from its platform 🎊🍾
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#BiancaSchoombee
is an excellent reminder that the internet never forgets. What you post as a 14yo *stays* there and can seriously compromise you down the line. It's one of the topics I cover in my new online course. EVERY TEEN IN SA SHOULD DO THIS COURSE!
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Guys. Is that a shower head above 🧁‘s desk? 🤣🤣🤣 Leftover from the previous incumbent? I’m dead. Dead!
President
@CyrilRamaphosa
convened the virtual meeting in his capacity as
@AUChair2020
. The meeting took place inline with the decision of the Extended
@_AfricanUnion
Bureau of Heads if State & Government meeting held on 3rd April 2020.
#AfricaResponds
#PrepareProtectProsper
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law the Cybercrimes Act. The Act is a mega step in the right direction - but there is no commencement date yet. So now we wait... (hopefully not as long as we waited for POPI - 7yrs from signature of Pres to commencement)
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Oh my poor heart 💔 I believed we could do it until the last over. Sometimes I wish I didn’t care about sport.
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Being able to listen to WhatsApp voice notes on double speed is my very best tech update of the year!
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This is so so NB! I’m teaching this in all my talks - useful for detecting catfishing and fake news - and for reputation management (making sure no one is misusing your images)
GUIDE: How to verify images on your smartphone via
@AfricaCheck
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Those damn quotas!!! Both try scorers and my captain oh captain! 😂😂😂😂😂
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Some of my thoughts on sharing pictures of your children on social media (sharenting) and back to school pics. Happy school year to you and your kids! Xxx
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Just to add. The mother did go to the police station. The Captain of the station told her he didn’t know what Snapchat was.
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The Discovery Bank fast track queue at the airport is my favourite perk of any perks. That alone is the worth the bank fees! And the security guard makes my day each time!
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It's been so so awesome to go back to in-person school talks. Spoke to over 1000 boys at
@jeppeboys
yesterday. Brilliant questions, superb behaviour, high-level engagement on some serious legal issues.
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‘Selfies, Sexts and Smartphones’ covers everything a teenager (and parents) need to know about using a smartphone. Buy online here:
#SelfiesBook
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Instagram to hide number of 'likes' for Australian users from today. Bring it on worldwide!!
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Back to the grindstone today after taking it a bit easy work-wise for the last four months. So lucky that I’ve been able to spend so much time with my baby and thinking of all the mothers who aren’t so lucky
#IMBACK
! 💥
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My WhatsApp has been full of fake news again today! Some light relief from my brother
@nicksadleir
🤣
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PSA - you can turn off notifications for new contacts joining Telegram
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NB there’s a hectic new WhatsApp hacking issue - if *anyone* asks you to send a six digit code DON’T!! It will look super legit. They may even call you to hurry you along. Happened to a few friends this eve who are now locked out of WhatsApp indefinitely
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Why The Social Dilemma is the most important documentary of our times
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Going to sleep very happy tonight. Probably not as happy as the reason for my happiness, Lungi Ngidi. What a legend!! 6-39. In his first test. Against India (only the best test team in the world). I mean!!
#ProteaFire
💕🎉🎊🍾
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Some tips for protecting your privacy and intellectual property from "Don't Film Yourself Having Sex"
@DJFreshSA
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Holy smokes what a test match! Epic!! Captain my captain
@SiyaKolisi_Bear
! And that drop from Elton! And that pass from Lukhanyo! I’m absolutely bursting!! 🇿🇦🏉❤️
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Fanie de Villiers tipped off cameramen about Oz shenanigans: “We actually said to our cameramen... go out and have a look boys. They’re using something. They searched for an hour and a half until they saw something and then they started following Bancroft”
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Parents - KNOW WHAT YOUR CHILDREN ARE UP TO! Check phones, know passwords, have a smartphone contract, talk to your children, know which apps they’re using and how they work, educate yourselves, no phones next to their bed at night, manage screentime
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First Jozi thunderstorm of the season! Thunderbolts and lightening! My best! 🌩⛈
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I can’t tell you what I saw within two minutes of enabling it (and I’ve seen it all). Please share. WhatsApp is infinitely preferable to this. Better the devil you know. Pls share. 2/2
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That was just fab! Well done
#Proteas
. Heartbreaking we couldn’t be there to celebrate you all like you deserve. Gosh I miss the Wanderers! 🇿🇦
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JUST IN | SA Reserve Bank hits Markus Jooste's Hermanus house, Lanzerac
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Wow! Biggest so far - Coca-Cola suspends social media advertising despite Facebook changes
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Wooooohoooo!!!!!! Rabada's ban overturned, cleared to play in Cape Town! Go team!
@AdvDali_Mpofu
@sbudlender
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Tears of joy in my whole family 🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🍾🎉🎊
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@swimlittlefish
@Zoddies
I’m not going to expose a young girl to the horror of our criminal justice system in these circs. Not that it would ever get there - because police simply don’t do their jobs when it comes to online harms. If you lay criminal charges in sexual abuse cases the paedo can’t be named
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I’m a huge fan of the new WhatsApp Group setting that allows ‘only admins’ to send messages. For legal reasons as well as mental health reasons 🤣
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100 books signed and packed off to Namibia ahead of my online talk on 19 June 📚🇳🇦
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I was really nervous about taking my educational talks online, so it's been *so* heartwarming to receive such amazing feedback and to see so many schools already signing up their whole schools to the course. Next step - corporate/govt sponsorship to get it into ALL SCHOOLS IN SA!
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