31 March 2020, Mail & Guardian, Rebecca Davis “We have a scenario that is a perfect storm for mis- and disinformation,” Media Monitoring Africa director William Bird told Daily Maverick. “You have fear, low levels of general knowledge of the virus itself, of public health in general, of a...
31 March 2020, All Africa, Rebecca Davis “We have a scenario that is a perfect storm for mis- and disinformation,” Media Monitoring Africa director William Bird told Daily Maverick. “You have fear, low levels of general knowledge of the virus itself, of public health in general, of...
26 March 2020, Lesley Stones The team at Media Monitor Africa and its director William Bird probably don’t know whether to laugh or cry at this social media madness or the fake facts published in the formal media. But they’ve taken action by relaunching their fake news detection service, the Rea...
19 March 2020, 702, Eusebius McKaiser William Bird on the emergency regulations announced by the government regarding social media activity. Listen to the interview here...
1 July 2019, Committee to Projects Journalists, Angela Quintal SANEF developed an election portal where journalists could report threats and intimidation online. It received zero complaints, said executive director Kate Skinner. A platform to fight digital disinformation created by the Electora...
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9 May 2019, Standard Digital, The IEC had warned ahead of the poll that “there are recurring themes of disinformation with every election”. However, William Bird, director of Media Monitoring Africa, said misinformation efforts appeared not to be coordinated, “but more just a colle...
13 May 2019, IOL, Thabiso Goba William Bird, director of MMA, the company that came up with the concept and presented it to the IEC, said the programme was born out of a need to protect the integrity of the elections. “The kernel for the Real411 platform emerged from the need to say that disinform...
12 May 2019, Rosebank Killarney Gazette, Sarah Koning Director of Media Monitoring Africa, William Bird discusses the problem of using the term ‘fake news’. Read the full article...