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Nkoane-Mashabane calls on media to fight fake news
Maite Nkoana-Mashabane was speaking on behalf of President Jacob Zuma at the 69th world news media congress being held in Durban this week.
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Benni McCarthy rubbishes fake news death report
The former Bafana Bafana & Porto striker tweeted that he was very much alive after a dubious website claimed he had died.
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Snowden says democracy under threat by attacks on ‘fake news’
Snowden criticised the idea that militants represent the biggest threat to western countries, saying the loss of rights was a bigger concern.
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Building a global debunker for fake news
The public deals with a large amount of misleading information that corrupts reliable sources.
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Infantino hits out at ‘Fifa bashing’ and ‘fake news’
Infantino said criticism of the organisation under his leadership had not been fair, given improved transparency, controls and ethics procedures.
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Facebook warns of fake news danger ahead of British election
The company has come under intense pressure to tackle the spread of false stories.
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Habana: I'm very much alive
In a video posted on Twitter, Habana confirmed the Houston TV website report that he's dead is false and that he was enjoying his stay in the south of France.
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Macron accuses Le Pen of spreading lies about him
Emmanuel Macron’s party has previously complained that his campaign had been the target of ‘fake news’ put out by Russian media.
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[OPINION] A comment section of errors
Should websites be working to host better conversations or has the time come to cut the crap and kill destructive discourse, asks Haji Mohamed Dawjee.
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Wikipedia founder aims to 'fix the news' with collaborative website
The new site, Wikitribune, will be free to access and carry no advertising while the accuracy of news reports will be easily verifiable.
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Experts say automated accounts sharing fake news ahead of French election
The study to be published Friday and another published on Wednesday add evidence to complaints by officials in France, Germany and the US.
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[LISTEN] The fight against fake news
Verahsni Pillay, Huffington Post SA editor, they didn’t conduct an identity check on a blogger who was later found out to be not who claimed to be.
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Man pleads guilty in Washington pizzeria shooting over fake news
Edgar Welch was accused of firing at least three shots from an AR-15 rifle inside the Comet Ping Pong pizzeria in December.
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Can we control fake news?
Yes, we need news organisations to deliver reliable information, but we also need those receiving it to be savvy consumers.
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[LISTEN] Does SA need more social media regulation?
Citizen engagement via social media is on the rise in SA. Media lawyer Dario Milo discusses government’s plans to regulate social media.
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Analyst urges media to stick to the facts
On Tuesday the Institute for the Advancement of Journalism held a panel discussion on the phenomenon of fake news.
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‘Journalism profession in SA is under siege’
Political analyst Ralph Mathekga says South African authorities have used the fake news phenomenon as a way to legitimise the blocking of credible information.
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[OPINION] Africa has a long history of fake news
In Africa, the idea of a post-truth era - which by implication presupposes the existence of an era in which ‘truth’ was self-evident - is folly.
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Donald Trump blasts purveyors of ‘fake news’
The US president heaped criticism on what he called purveyors of ‘fake news’ at a gathering of conservative activists.
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City of Cape Town concerned over water restriction hoaxes
Earlier this week, a false alert did the rounds on Facebook and WhatsApp, warning people the city would cut off water later this month.
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Expect more fake news from Russia, top NATO general says
Petr Pavel said he hoped to hold the first telephone call in more than two years with Russia's military chiefs in coming weeks.
