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South Africa: Will South Africa’s Voters Survive the Disinformation Deluge?

A biweekly report by the Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) sheds light on what they describe as concerning trends in online activity leading up to South Africa’s by-elections. The report, focusing on the period between March 1st and 17th, 2024, reveals coordinated efforts by accounts on platform X (formerly Twitter ) aligned with the uMkhonto […]

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Nigerian Media Owners Launch Complaints Commission, Say Initiative Won’t Gag Press

Nigerian media owners and publishers under the auspices of the Nigerian Press Organisation (NPO) on Monday inaugurated the National Media Complaints Commission (NMCC) and The Ombudsman, an initiative to watch the watchdog and regulate practice of the media. President, Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN) and NPO, Mallam Kabir Yusuf declared that the the umbrella […]

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Nigeria: Ochefu, Bala-Usman, Chukwu Line Up for GOCOP 2023 Conference

A line up of seasoned professionals are now ready to speak as panelists at the 2023 annual conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) holding on Thursday. A line up of seasoned professionals are now ready to speak as panelists at the 2023 annual conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) […]

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South Africa: EFF and MK Party Dominate South Africa’s Online Election Debate

In the lead-up to South Africa’s 2024 national elections, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) are dominating the online conversation, according to this biweekly report from the Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change, which analyzed the conversation between 18 March and 1 April 2024. According to the report, the EFF generated […]