Cindy Ord/Getty Images Fazlin Fransman examines what has led to techno-sceptics' views entering the mainstream. "Fake news" is not just a problem of misleading or false claims on fringe websites; it is increasingly filtering into the mainstream and has the potential to be deeply destructive. This was elucidated earlier this year when Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams issued a media statement condemning the ongoing destruction of cellphone towers in South Africa. As has been the case in other parts of the world, some South Africans burnt cellphone to...