The Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA) has published its take-down statistics for the last decade, which reveal that copyright and trademark infringement are the main reasons for taking down content in South Africa.
ISPA has a Take-Down Notice (TDN) process in place to allow for unlawful content to be reported – operating the TDN process on behalf of all ISPA members.
The take-down notice process is simple and free, and works as follows:
ISPA receives a take-down notice from a concerned party.
ISPA checks if the complaint includes all needed information and if the service provider against whom the complaint is being made is an ISPA member.
ISPA forwards the complaint to the service provider and provides guidelines on what their options are.
The service provider decides whether to take the content down or to reject the notice.
ISPA’s take-down notice system has many benefits, which includes protecting hosts against legal action for the content they host.
ISPA take-down statistics
ISPA publishes the number of TDNs filed with it each year and certain information about the outcome and categories of the notices.
The majority of accepted TDNs relate to copyright and trademark infringement, fraud, malware, and phishing.
Defamation, hate speech, harassment, and invasion of privacy also feature prominently as reasons for TDN requests.
The graphs below provide details about South Africa’s TDNs over the last decade. (Click to enlarge.)
This article was originally published on MyBroadband.
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