Cape Town - If the Films and Publications Amendment Bill is passed in its current form, South Africans may no longer upload videos to online channels, such as YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram – unless they register as a distributor and pay a registration fee, the DA said at a media briefing on Monday.

The amendment, dubbed the Internet Censorship Bill, will be deliberated in Parliament on Tuesday and it is, according to the DA, “simply bad news”.

DA spokesperson on communication, Phumzile van Damme, claimed that government is increasingly overplaying its hand with regard to freedom of speech.