P.S: adding for the sake of clarity, since I've already been asked: the participation of this group and any significant contributions will be duly acknowledged in the chapter. On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 2:21 PM nicolo zingales <nicolozingales@gmail.com> wrote:
Greetings everyone,
I am new to the channel, so apologies if I have missed any relevant discussion on this. I signed up to consult this group on recent developments on intermediary liability in Africa.
As you might know, APC had a few papers in 2012 on intermediary liability in Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa and Uganda <https://www.apc.org/en/node/15623/>. I also wrote for them a report on best practices for intermediary liability in 2013 <https://www.apc.org/sites/default/files/APCInternetIntermediaryLiability_BestPracticesAfrica_20131125.pdf>. Following from that, I have been recently contacted to write a chapter for an upcoming Oxford handbook on intermediary liability, which looks back into developments on the subject over the last few years in Africa (2012-2018). I want this to be as complete and accurate as possible, but the material I have been able to find online regarding new laws and court decisions is rather limited. I would therefore be very grateful to any of you who took the time to share, *in or off-list*, *notable developments in your country relating to liability of intermediaries* (in a broad sense: digital platforms, but also ISPs and other types of intermediaries, e.g. registrars and domain name operators, or payment companies). I would also be curious to hear of *any regulation or policy coordination relating to intermediaries in the context of the African Union*, which at the time I wrote the 2013 paper appeared to be a suitable forum to develop some common principles in this field. Has anything happened on that front?
Thank you really very much in advance for anything you're able to contribute. I will be glad to share a copy of the chapter, as soon as it's feasible, with anyone who's interested.
Best wishes, Nicolo