In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Eswatini, South Africa and Zimbabwe have implemented new rules on disinformation. But these may have unintended consequences
This month, the New African boasts a shocking headline: “We deliberately spread Aids in South Africa.” Could that be true?
Suddenly the debate is no longer about “fake news”, the territory of underdogs and shadowy figures, but about the stock in trade of rulers: propaganda
All those being targeted appear to have one thing in common — they’re not the Guptas’ friends.
‘More than ever, now, it is important for news organisations to dig up the truth’
Some media houses were targeted in what appeared to be a Twitter campaign against Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan last week.
It’s not that people are getting dumber, psychologists say. Humans have always had blind spots.
"That was a made-up story. Keep up."
Fake news exposes how gullible people are
Fake news sites are figuring out how to provoke mass hysteria. They must be stopped.