Browsing: Fake news

As South Africa prepares for its seventh democratic election set for 29 May, TikTok is announcing several initiatives with the…

Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, has challenged tech conglomerate Meta to deal with misinformation and called for fair treatment…

By James Stent and Nathan Geffen Between 11 and 13 August, the hashtag #KnowYourNationalLottery trended to the number one position on Twitter in…

SA’s Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA) is advising members that hosting so-called ‘fake news’ websites is prohibited by Clause 11(5)…

Government has set-up a hi-tech monitoring and evaluation platform in an effort to ramp up state capacity to monitor and…

Electronic Communications, Postal and Broadcasting Directions issued under Regulation 10 (8) of the Disaster Management Act Electronic Communications Services Licensees,…

by Santosh Vijaykumar Search for “climate change” on YouTube and before long you’ll likely find a video that denies it…

Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales takes an aim at getting rid of fake news though a launch of an evidence-based media…

by Ylva Rodny-Gumede The year 2016 will go down in history as the year in which fake news really took centre…

by Craig Blewett “Speak your mind” and “post your mind” are not the same thing. A study that investigated how messages…