9 May 2019, Herald Live, John Harvey William Bird of Media Monitoring Africa, which set up a partnership with the IEC to monitor disinformation, told the DM the campaign was “not effective in that you don’t see evidence of a national narrative being steered”. Read the full article...
7 May 219, Northglen News William Bird, the director of Media Monitoring Africa – which is partnering with the IEC in the initiative – applauded the IEC for launching this world-first mechanism for empowering the public and helping people combat disinformation. Read the full article...
5 May 2019, IOL, Staff Reporter Media Monitoring Africa director William Bird said they applauded the IEC for launching the world’s first mechanism for empowering the public and helping people combat disinformation. “For a platform that is just in its infancy we have seen already great...
5 May 2019, IOL, Staff Reporter Media Monitoring Africa director William Bird said they applauded the IEC for launching the world’s first mechanism for empowering the public and helping people combat disinformation. “For a platform that is just in its infancy we have seen already great...
3 May 2019, Daily Maverick, TessaKnight There are numerous World Press Freedom Day events taking place in South Africa on Friday 3 May, including a discussion on press freedom hosted in Cape Town by Daily Maverick, with SANEF and Media Monitoring Africa. Read the full article...
3 May 2019, Daily Maverick, Tessa Knight Such was the outcome of a World Press Freedom Day event hosted by Daily Maverick, the South African National Editors Forum (SANEF) and Media Monitoring Africa on Friday 3 May, officially recognised as the day the world honours the World Press Freedom. The ev...
26 April 2019, The Media Online, Glenda Nevill There is clear evidence to suggest that this is a very real possibility, reckons Media Monitoring Africa’s William Bird. “We saw it in the US, the Brazilian and Kenyan elections; it would be foolish to think that the threat isn’t very real here....
26 April 2019, The Citizen, ANA Media Monitoring Africa and IEC officials during the launch of digital disinformation initiative ahead of the country’s elections next month. Read the full article...
25 April 2019, Northern KZN Courier, Northern Natal Courier 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 portal designed to combat disinformation/”fake news”. Rea...