14 November 2025, William Bird, Daily Maverick
Significantly, for us at Moxii Africa (we are rebranding from Media Monitoring Africa — MMA) are the recommendations on addressing and mitigating online harms and misinformation and disinformation. We are excited to see support for our ideas about the establishment of an independent mechanism, possibly in the form of an ombud, to help address misinformation and disinformation.
“Looking to establish a regulatory framework for the establishment of a social media ombud to represent consumers in their disputes with social media platforms and to refer certain matters to the appropriate regulatory body for investigation and/or prosecution,” says the report.