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Southern Africa has cracked down on fake news, but may have gone too far
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Eswatini, South Africa and Zimbabwe have implemented new rules on disinformation. But these may have unintended consequences
Conspiracy apartheid agent inject black South Africans HIV epidemic fake news
This month, the New African boasts a shocking headline: “We deliberately spread Aids in South Africa.” Could that be true?
Editorial: Fake news drags us into a war for truth
‘More than ever, now, it is important for news organisations to dig up the truth’
EFF mulls action on fake posters
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
Hidden hand drives social media smears
All those being targeted appear to have one thing in common — they’re not the Guptas’ friends.
Oakbay denies involvement in fake news campaign
Some media houses were targeted in what appeared to be a Twitter campaign against Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan last week.
One is born every minute: Don’t be so sure you wouldn’t fall for fake news
It’s not that people are getting dumber, psychologists say. Humans have always had blind spots.
Q&A with a fake news writer
"That was a made-up story. Keep up."
Call out fake news, don’t censor it
Fake news exposes how gullible people are
Apocalypse soon unless we clamp down on fake-news ‘satire’
Fake news sites are figuring out how to provoke mass hysteria. They must be stopped.