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With elections getting closer, political parties will likely make outragrous claims whether it is via adverts on street poles or via social media. To figure out whether a claim is real or rubbish Media Monitoring Africa has launched a simple WhatsApp AI bot called AdCompare to help voters get the truth, write William Bird and Thandi Smith.

With elections getting closer, political parties will likely make outragrous claims whether it is via adverts on street poles or via social media. To figure out whether a claim is real or rubbish Media Monitoring Africa has launched a simple WhatsApp AI bot called AdCompare to help voters get the truth, write William Bird and Thandi Smith.

Media Monitoring Africa Head of Programmes Thandi Smith has recognised

The theme for the campaign this year is Women Who Make Moves

The media need to do better when reporting the gang rape in Krugersdorp. Currently, some stories and headlines create more confusion and tension when dealing with an already heightened emotive situation, write Thandi Smith and William Bird.

Clement Manyathela spoke to the head of policy at Media Monitoring Africa Thandi Smith, journalist and independent TV critic Thinus Ferreira and Broadcast Research Council of South Africa CEO Gary Whitaker about the television landscape in South Africa.

For the past 42 weeks, we have unpacked, analysed and sought to explain the diverse elements of disinformation. This week, we look at our top five trends in disinformation over 2021, and then provide some tips for the holidays.

This week we provide tips to help you sort the real from the rubbish when looking for more detailed information online. We also take a look at some of the examples of disinformation about the Omicron variant.

This week we look at speed as a factor of combating disinformation. We then look at disinformation as an issue of cybersecurity.

The failed insurrection, which threatened the lives and livelihoods of many South Africans last month, has deep roots which go back to the days of narrative manipulation by UK public relations outfit Bell Pottinger.