The Film and Publication Board(FPB) has come out to warns people to stop sharing harmful content on social media to avoid being arrested or fined follow a distribution of Zanzou Club shocking videos.
The FPB is responding to the degrading and shocking videos which were shared on TikTok by a bouncer which was working in that club in Pretoria and that bouncer even confirmed that has over 75 videos.
The bouncer known as Pablo on TikTok claimed that dozens of patrons killed in that club after failing to pay their bills.
Zanzou Club is owned by the infamous businessman Stephan Cohen and that man owns dozens of clubs and restaurants which are known of mistreating staff members.
The statement stated that the Film and Publication Baord(FPB) has noted with concern a video clip posted on various social media platforms showing a group of men being assaulted at Zanzou Club and being forced to perform explicit sexual acts which violates or shows disrespect for the right to human dignity.In terms of the Films and Publications Act,1996(Act No. 65 of 1996) as amended),it is a criminal offence to distribute in public content which contains explicit sexual conduct which violates or shows disrespect for the right to human dignity of any person.
The FPB has highlighted that there are implications of distributing degrading content on social media.
The FPB said any person who distribute such restricted content shall be guilty of an offence and upon conviction,be liable to a maximum fine of R500 000 or to imprisonment for a maximum period of five(5) years or to both a fine and such imprisonment.
The FPB mentioned that it is its responsibility to ensure that any content that is distributed online is violating the rights of children.
"Acknowledging that the initial distribution of such restricted content in question appears to be with the intention to report such incident,continuous sharing of such content will result in an offence being committed as already alluded to above.The role of the FPB is protect children from harmful content in the first instance and secondarily,to provide adult audiences with information that will enable them to avoid video material that is likely to offend them.Therefore the distribution of such content on social media platforms could result in content being accessed by various users including children,"the FPB added.
The FPB also advised the general public to stop sharing content that is containing sexual videos without the consent of the person appear in that video because that can lead to huge fine or imprisonment.
"Members of the public are also advised to refrain from sharing videos depicting private sexual photographs or films on any medium including the internet and social media,without prior consent of the individual who appears on such content.Any person who distributes such private sexual photographs and films is committing an offence and may be liable to a fine of up to R300 000 or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding four years or to both a fine and such imprisonment,"the FPB concluded.