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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

  • Khanyo Farise
  • Justice Mavedzenge
  • Timothy Fish Hodgson
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