Unisa celebrates first electronic communication law PhD graduate
Since spam is disseminated via electronic communications including e-mail and text messaging, the thesis only focuses on e-mail spam.
Sebo Tladi is the first black South African to earn a PhD in electronic communications law, Unisa announced on Friday.
Tladi, who graduated this year, said she knew she wanted to wear the coveted red gown for PhD graduates from a very young age.
“I told my mother even then that I would not stop studying until I wore that red gown,” she said.
Obtaining a PhD – regardless of the field of study – was a milestone, said Tladi.
“It takes a lot of agonisingly hard work,” she said.
Though Tladi’s research focused mainly on unsolicited electronic communication or spam.
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Other themes covered included e-contracts, e-payments, cybersecurity, and cybercrime.
“Is the fragmented South African regulation adequate for protecting consumers from spam?” Tladi asked.
She wanted to test the tools the man in the street had to deal with e-mail spam.
Tladi’s investigation looked at the international best practices in curbing spam in a number of jurisdictions.
“Education or consumer advocacy is vital at all levels. The vulnerable in our society, namely the elderly and the youth must be protected,” she said.
Tladi said government should play a role in making sure that the school curriculum expose learners to technology and its legal implications.
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