The SANEF Elections Portal provides useful resources for journalists reporting on elections, including training materials, elections updates and resources, and an elections dashboard.
(2024), 2024 Disinformation, 2024 Elections Resources
Meta has set up an operations centre for the South African elections “to identify potential threats and put mitigations in place in real time.” In a statement they also explain measures to combat misinformation and take action against harmful content on their platforms; and how they work with independent fact-checking organisations such as Africa Check […]
(2024), 2024 Disinformation, 2024 Elections Resources
The Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC), in partnership with Futurelect, produce a bi-weekly report on online conversations about South Africa’s election. The report covers the main players in the conversations, which political party gets the most online traction and why, who is dominating the conversation, key trending hashtags and mis- and disinformation being spread […]
(2024), 2024 Disinformation, 2024 Elections Resources
Training opportunities for journalists Africa Check’s fact-checking and verification workshops equip participants with the necessary theoretical knowledge and practical skills to stop the spread of false information. Africa Check shows you how to sort fact from fiction – from spotting false information and verifying the origin of images and videos shared on social media to […]
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