20 October 2021, AllAfrica
The Electoral Commission and Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) have joined hands with major social media platforms to fight the spread of disinformation, in the run up to, during and beyond the 1 November 2021 municipal elections.
The Commission and MMA, who in 2019 launched a joint action – to deal with disinformation, have reached an agreement with Google, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok to support its efforts to end the scourge of disinformation.