The Film and Publication Board<\/b>, often shortened to FPB<\/b> is a content-classification and censorship authority in South Africa, operating under the Minister of Communications (South Africa).<\/p>\n
The FPB was established and created under the Films and Publications Act, 1996, ostensibly to tackle issues of child pornography\u00a0and child abuse, as well as to provide ratings to publicly consumed media such as movies, music and television programs. Under these directives, its mandate can be considered one of state censorship.<\/p>\n
Our vision is to be a credible and visible content-classification authority.<\/p>\n
Our mission is to\u00a0ensure efficient and effective consumer protection through regulation of media content, while empowering the public, especially children, through robust information sharing.<\/p>\n
We regulate the media environment through the classification of content by:<\/p>\n
The Films and Publications Act (No 65 of 1996) as amended establishes the Film and Publication Board. The objectives of this Act are to:<\/p>\n
The Film and Publication Board, often shortened to FPB is a content-classification and censorship authority in South Africa, operating under the Minister of Communications (South Africa). The FPB was established…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n