20 October 2021, AllAfrica The Electoral Commission and Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) have joined hands with major social media platforms to fight the spread of disinformation, in the run up to, during and beyond the 1 November 2021 municipal elections. The Commission and MMA, who in 2019 launched a...
4 August 2021, Business Day, William Bird Earlier this week Media Monitoring Africa, led by broadcast media legal expert Justine Limpitlaw, hosted a closed workshop with key stakeholders, including the government, to discuss the draft bill. To their credit, the team from the department of communicat...
9 July 2021, Sunday Times, Chrizelda Kekana Last year, Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) complained to the BCCSA that Gareth’s showbroadcast on July 22 2020 was unlawful, harmful and in breach of SA’s broadcasting code. Read full article...
19 November 2020, Mirage William Bird, from Media Monitoring Africa, further highlighted that disinformation today benefits from the widespread use of mobile devices, where micro-targeted political messages have invaded our personal spaces and often undermine trust in the media- thereby creating a c...
The third event for Media Freedom Week titled “Combatting Offences Online” was held in Johannesburg, Auckland Park. The relaunch of our new Digital Offences Online Complaints platform (Real411) as well as the launch of our Spotters network was one of the highlights of the evening. “T...
Universal access to online information can, should and must be made accessible for all persons in South Africa. This is necessary for the realisation of the full array of fundamental rights guaranteed under the country’s constitutional and international human rights commitments. Further, th...
During an Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Memorial Service for former President Mugabe, Julius Malema said that they would ban Daily Maverick, Amabhungane and Scorpio from EFF events. “We declare them as an enemy of the revolution, and they shall never participate in our events, they shall never a...