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With disinformation being one of the key issues surrounding a free and fair election, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) have launched a.

Media Monitoring Africa and IEC officials during the launch of digital disinformation initiative ahead of the country's elections next.

Sanef also encourages journalists to log onto the Independent Electoral Commission’s and Media Monitoring Africa’s REAL411 misinformation/disinformation website in cases of online.

The IEC has developed an anti-digital misinformation platform in conjunction with the non-governmental organisation, Media Monitoring Africa.

This one isn't a deliberately engineered crisis like the financial one and the one about the appointment of the board.

MMA Director, William Bird, said they’d received a response from the President, which had merely stated that a new board would be appointed soon.

“South Africa saw an outbreak of xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals during the second half of 2008.

Media expert William Bird says there is growing antagonism from political parties towards the media in the build-up to elections.

The Electoral Commission of South Africa and Media Monitoring Africa have partnered to fight disinformation in the run-up to the.

The real411.org initiative is expected to curb disinformation and monitor electoral conduct ahead of next month’s elections, but the IEC is already dealing with a specific.

William Bird, who heads Media Monitoring Africa, a group that promotes ethical journalism, said that the government should do more to stop racist speech.

At the launch, which was held at Media Park in Johannesburg on Wednesday evening, most of the panellists agreed that journalistic freedom of expression was under threat The panel.

At Media Monitoring Africa (MMA), we are working with social media platforms.

William Bird, the director of Media Monitoring Africa, said on Tuesday that Icasa’s decision was a welcome development in the media sector. “I think the decision should be welcomed.

Sometimes it feels like there is not a whole lot that we can do about the lying devious scum who seek to undermine our democracy.

William Bird from Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) told The Daily Vox in an interview the organisation is not aware if any journalists are being prevented from doing their job in Mozambique.

Law firm Webber Wentzel, which represents Media Monitoring Africa and SOS Support Public Broadcasting Coalition, on Friday wrote to President Cyril Ramaphosa, Parliament Speaker.

One of the core challenges surrounding disinformation is that it is increasingly difficult to distinguish between what is credible and what is not, writes William.

But Media Monitoring Africa's (MMA) Thandi Smith has described Mbalula’s behaviour as unacceptable, saying he failed to follow due process.

Media Monitoring Africa director William Bird told TimesLIVE that while the organisation had not examined the Momo Challenge more than having read the comments and stories in the.