Disinformation is by no means a novel concept; history is littered with examples of the diffusion of deceptive content. Sun Tzu recognised the central role of disinformation in conflict advocating […]...
8 September 2022, News24, William Bird The current attacks on News24 legal journalist Karyn Maughan aren’t just despicable for how they insult and demean and violate her dignity, they are […]...
17 July 2022, William Bird and Tina Power, Daily Maverick Given that our work at Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) traverses on- and offline forms of media and communication, we were […]...
3 May 2022, Allafrica, PRESS RELEASE South Africa is facing several threats to freedom of expression with at least 59 separate incidents where journalists were subjected to physical or verbal […]...
4 March 2022, News24, Iavan Pijoos “We do know that concerning and at times harmful content was being spread, which appears to have contributed to the anger and facilitated the […]...
3 March 2022, Dispatchlive, Ernest Mabuza and Nomahlubi Sonjica Media Monitoring Africa director William Bird said as a general rule censoring a channel is not good for freedom of expression, […]...
24 October 2021, Daily Maverick, William Bird and Nomshado Lubisi The Independent Electoral Commission and Media Monitoring Africa have joined hands with major social media platforms to fight the spread […]...
14 November 2021, Daily Maverick,William Bird and Nomshado Lubisi Content that shocks or horrifies or makes us feel anxious or fearful is often used by disinformers. This week we look […]...
31 October 2021, eNCA Make an informed choice in the voting booth. So says the Electoral Commission who with Media Monitoring Africa have joined hands with major social media platforms […]...