26 April 2019, The Citizen, ANA Media Monitoring Africa and IEC officials during the launch of digital disinformation initiative ahead of the country’s elections next month. Read the full article...
25 April 2019, Northern KZN Courier, Northern Natal Courier With disinformation being one of the key issues surrounding a free and fair election, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) have launched a portal designed to combat disinformation/”fake news”. Rea...
23 April 2019, Jacaranda, Jacaranda FM Online Media Monitoring Africa has welcomed the dismissal of Maroleng from the struggling public broadcaster. “It’s sent a positive message about effective and transparent governance,” says the organisation’s director William Bird....
17 April 2019, The Citizen, Eric Naki The IEC has developed an anti-digital misinformation platform in conjunction with the non-governmental organisation, Media Monitoring Africa. The platform provides for the online submission and tracking of complaints relating to inaccurate information put on soc...
17 April 2019, Dey There, Prince Jafar’ar Sanef also encourages journalists to log onto the Independent Electoral Commission’s and Media Monitoring Africa’s REAL411 misinformation/disinformation website in cases of online harassment – real411.org. Read the full article...
15 April 2019, 702, Zanele Zama This one isn’t a deliberately engineered crisis like the financial one and the one about the appointment of the board. — William Bird, Director – Media Monitoring Africa Bird says the SABC is a difficult environment to go into and the position of COO ha...
11 April 2019, Dey There, Prince Jafa’ar MMA Director, William Bird, said they’d received a response from the President, which had merely stated that a new board would be appointed soon. Bird had emphasised that the President should understand the importance of an effectively-run public broa...
11 April 2019, Berea Mail “South Africa saw an outbreak of xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals during the second half of 2008. However, the topic was not an election issue for the media, and this shows that there is clear lack of interest by the media to set the agenda about pressing societal ...
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