The Films and Publication Board’s (FPB) laudable aim to protect children from the scourge of the internet has civil society, ordinary citizens and lawyers up in arms. This is because its latest policy – the Draft Online Regulation Policy – is essentially a heavy-handed Big Brother’s bid to censor the internet, or so say those against its implementation.

The policy, closed for public comment in mid-July, will require companies, community members and non-government organisations to pass everything they want to post on the web via the board for pre-approval – that’s if the policy does come into effect.