In the media

William Bird is the director at Media Monitoring Africa and joins The Midday Report on the line. "In South Africa we are comparatively lucky. We rank around 31st in the world for media freedom.

Meanwhile, William Bird, the director of Media Monitoring Africa, has warned against the spread of disinformation. He says disinformation can be used to pursue a political agenda.

This is the view of the Joburg-based Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) organisation, which has been admitted as amicus curiae (friend of the court) in the case.

William Bird of Media Monitoring Africa talks to Lester Kiewit about the dangers of naming child sex offenders as it causes secondary trauma to the young victims. "He was named by his political party.

MyBroadband spoke to William Bird from Media Monitoring Africa and independent media analyst Nozi Dikgale about the relevance of TV licences in South Africa.

Media Monitoring Africa cautioned the court not to be swayed by the “obvious vileness” of Qwelane’s statements.

William Bird of Media Monitoring South Africa, along with a number of other freedom of expression groups, has written a letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Sanef and Media Monitoring Africa are planning a legal challenge to the constitutionality of these sections.

William Bird, of Media Monitoring Africa (MMA), said while he understood Facebook Inc’s duty to keep subscriber information confidential, its stance in this matter was “absolutely despicable”.

SANEF and Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) are proceeding with a court application which challenges the constitutionality of Regulation 8 of the Lotteries Act to ensure that it is.

We the undersigned press freedom and human rights organizations call on you as Chair of the African Union, and as the President of the Republic of South Africa to use all.

In a letter signed by CPJ director William Bird, the organization described the arrest and subsequent detention of Hopwell Chin’ono as an affront to freedom of expression and media.

Both the South African National Editors' Forum and Media Monitoring Africa had given notice they intended to join the case as respondents, effectively putting them on the same side as GroundUp.

While racism remains present in our reality, Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) believes that the youth holds the key to its eradication and education.

According to Media Monitoring Africa director William Bird, South Africans should expect popular sports like rugby and cricket to be available on the South African version of Showmax Pro.

According to Media Monitoring Africa director William Bird, South Africans should expect popular sports to be available on Showmax Pro when it launches in South Africa.

Media Monitoring Africa's William Bird has described the announcement by Media24 of the possible closure of several magazines and newspapers as a sad day for media diversity in.

Media Monitoring Africa's William Bird has described the announcement by Media24 as a sad day for media diversity in the.

Collaborating with Media Monitoring Africa, the Press Council and the South African National Editors' Forum (Sanef), it has put mechanisms in place to monitor and respond to.

People can combat digital disinformation shared on WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter by reporting the sharing of such information on the Real411 website.