R2K strongly condemns web hosting company Hetzner South Africa for taking the website Black Opinion.co.za offline, suppressing the site contributor's freedom to impart information. As R2K, we are convinced that Hetzner's take-down of Black Opinion is an act of censorship which violates the website owner's freedom of expression and the right to communicate.
It is also highly disturbing that such action was taken after just one complaint without any substantial reasoning. R2K has been tirelessly campaigning against the Film and Publications Board's (FPB) proposals to censor the internet in South Africa and find it very disturbing that there are individuals who promote the censoring and restricting of publishable content in a democratic state.
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