Social Media Code News Today

As election day approaches, a Daily Maverick investigation monitoring trends in political discourse has revealed that the buying and selling of influence on the social media platform X is becoming a significant trend that requires scrutiny. This article is the first in a series that will delve...

In short, influencers need to declare or disclose their involvement with the brand or marketer as per section 4 of the code. 

This April eVOD is releasing its 13th locally produced movie - and this time a tale in Afrikaans to warm the hearts as the seasons change...

Social media influencing has opened up a whole new world of marketing, but how well is it regulated?

From the blog of Michelle Moshelian at The Times of Israel

Will the South African government publish much-needed legislation to restrict the marketing and advertising of unhealthy food to children this year? In Part Two of #Food Justice’s mini-series on the subject, we investigate why the process has stalled and the meaning of industry ‘self-regula...

Had been afflicted with polio since the age of 29. didnt really want to be portrayed as weak or crippled and the media helped him in that effort. he was rarely shown using his crutches or sitting in a wheelchair. he would be shown sitting down but the media was absolutely fine with not displaying the president of the united states as a weakened figure. you go back to that "washington post" editorial that i just read from, he says that media coverage of the president has moved from adversarial to...