The Constitutional Court of South Africa rendered the country's Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-Related Information Act unconstitutional due to a lack of privacy safeguards. The ruling stems from a challenge brought by the Amabhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism after a journalist questioned surveillance efforts against him. The court found that the collection and monitoring of individuals’ communications under RICA breaches Section 14 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa.
South African surveillance law ruled unconstitutional
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