28 November 2021, William Bird, Daily Maverick Week 40: Acting on disinformation peddlers Disinformation spreads incredibly fast, and much faster than truth. It destroys democracy and causes public harm – and […]...
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 […]...
14 November 2021, Nomshado Lubisi and William Bird, Daily Maverick Content that shocks or horrifies or makes us feel anxious or fearful is often used by disinformers. This week we […]...
7 November 2021, Daily Maverick, William Bird and Nomshado This week we focus on the role of our media in an election period, including some strengths and some weaknesses, in […]...
1 November 2021, MSN News, William Bird and Nomshado Lubisi Last week we focused on the significance and importance of the partnership with the social media platforms. This week, as […]...
24 October 2021, Allafrica, 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 of […]...
10 October 2021, Daily Maverick, William Bird and Nomshado Lubisi Since March 2020, Real411 has received complaints about a range of digital harms. Most were related to mis- and […]...
6 October 2021, University of Cape Town, Natalie Simon “While this was taking place, we had our dialogue facilitators online, trying to calm things down. We were also reporting the […]...
5 October 2021, News24, Marvin Charles and Nicole McCain The GOOD party reported Zille to an independent watchdog, the Real411, a disinformation monitoring body run by Media Monitoring Africa, after […]...