Tag: Fake News

The Durban University of Technology (DUT) has condemned what it terms misinformation around its registration process.

Police says hoax social media posts falsely claiming the fatal shooting of a man purportedly linked to the recent murders ...

Technology giant GOOGLE says it is working hard to curb misinformation and fake news on its platforms.

Criminalising fake news will not stop the spread of misinformation, but strengthening quality journalism might, says Wits University Professor of ...

A media expert says it is becoming increasingly difficult for the public to differentiate the truth from misinformation and fake ...

South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has dismissed as fake news information circulating on social media that they have cancelled ...

The Western Cape government has dismissed social media messages, alleging a spike in coronavirus infections in the province as fake ...

Retired Constitutional Court Judge Zak Yacoob has appealed to government to urgently create a National, Regional and Local COVID-19 information ...

A new political party, CHANGE has called on the government to decisively deal with people spreading fake news.

Moroccan police have arrested at least a dozen people for spreading rumors about the coronavirus, authorities said on Thursday, including ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has warned against the spread of fake news as yet another case of coronavirus is confirmed in ...

The Department of Basic Education has warned the public against circulating fake news articles, which claim that the minimum pass ...

Facebook issued its first correction notice on a user’s post at the request of the Singapore government on Saturday, according ...

Dean of Foreign Ambassadors, Ben Mpoko, says fake news fuels hostility towards foreign nationals. Mpoko was speaking after Minister of ...

Media Monitoring Africa has reiterated a call for people to verify information or video footage before sharing them on social ...

Facebook Head of News partnerships in Europe, Middle-East and Africa, Nick Wrenn says they have a big role to play ...

Can automated messages generated by "faceless" individuals on social media influence the result of an election?

Facebook has moved to stamp out efforts by state actors and others to manipulate the social network using fraudulent accounts.

As France and Germany signed a new friendship treaty Tuesday, they sought to debunk what they called fake news and ...

The Egyptian parliament on Monday approved in a final reading a bill that would allow authorities to monitor social media ...