11 June 2024, SA FM Sunrise, Stephen Grootes...
6 June 2024 Media Monitoring Africa (MMA), a media and human rights watchdog] found that a vast majority—68 percent—of 200 pieces of content reported through the Real411 portal that were ultimately found to be disinformation came from X. Read full article...
5 June 2024, Babalo Ndenze, Eye Witness JOHANNESBURG – Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) has ranked political parties that received the most media coverage during the elections, with the African National Congress (ANC) and uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party topping the list. Read full article...
4 June 2024, News24, Muhammad Hussain In a report by Media Monitoring Africa, presented to the IEC on 31 May, X (Twitter) was the platform with the most instances of content found to be disinformation, at 68% of all disinformation complaints. TikTok was in second, with 15%. William Bird,...
3 June 2024, Wired, Vittoria Elliott “We’ve seen clear campaigns to undermine the [election commission],” says William Bird, director of Media Monitoring Africa (MMA), a media and human rights watchdog. “It’s been driven in no small part by [Jacob] Zuma’s daughter.” In the days...
3 June 2024, Media Monitoring Africa Media Monitoring Africa has handed its interim report of the initial findings and trends that were tracked through Real411 during the current election period in the 2024 general elections in South Africa over to the IEC. Read full article...
29 May 2024, ENCA JOHANNESBURG – Media Monitoring Africa is warning the rise of misinformation and disinformation on social media poses a significant threat to the electoral process. This as the country braces itself for the much-contested elections on Wednesday. Read full article...
28 May 2024, The Witness, Reporter Addressing a webinar hosted by the Government Communication and Information System in early May, Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) communications manager Nomshado Lubisi-Nkosinkulu said disinformation is presented and promoted to intentionally cause public harm or for ...
28 May 2024, ENCA Media Monitoring Africa is warning the rise of misinformation and disinformation on social media poses a significant threat to the electoral process. This is as the country braces itself for the much-contested elections on Wednesday. William Bird, from Media Monitoring Africa, disc...