Disinformation is by no means a novel concept; history is littered with examples of the diffusion of deceptive content. Sun Tzu recognised the central role
8 September 2022, News24, William Bird The current attacks on News24 legal journalist Karyn Maughan aren’t just despicable for how they insult and demean and
17 July 2022, William Bird and Tina Power, Daily Maverick Given that our work at Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) traverses on- and offline forms of
3 May 2022, Allafrica, PRESS RELEASE South Africa is facing several threats to freedom of expression with at least 59 separate incidents where journalists were
4 March 2022, News24, Iavan Pijoos “We do know that concerning and at times harmful content was being spread, which appears to have contributed to
3 March 2022, Dispatchlive, Ernest Mabuza and Nomahlubi Sonjica Media Monitoring Africa director William Bird said as a general rule censoring a channel is not
24 October 2021, Daily Maverick, William Bird and Nomshado Lubisi The Independent Electoral Commission and Media Monitoring Africa have joined hands with major social media
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
31 October 2021, eNCA Make an informed choice in the voting booth. So says the Electoral Commission who with Media Monitoring Africa have joined hands
27 October 2021, News24, The Independent Electoral Commission and Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) have joined hands with major social media platforms to fight the spread
