02 Nov 2020, Daily Maverick, Thandi Smith and William Bird
Through Real411, Media Monitoring Africa has been tracking disinformation trends on digital platforms since the end of March 2020. Using the Real411 platform we have analysed disinformation trends which have largely focused on Covid19.
To date, 911 complaints have been submitted to the platform since March 2020, 96% of which have been assessed by experts, and action taken.