One of the world’s most popular social media platforms, TikTok, is now host to a steady stream of deepfake videos.…
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I was recently reading comments on a post related to COVID-19, and saw a reply I would classify as misinformation,…
As the story goes, in the 1780s, a former lover of the Empress of Russia wanted to impress her with…
Disinformation has been used in warfare and military strategy over time. But it is undeniably being intensified by the use of…
When a ‘good news’ Facebook story pops up, we tend to take it with a pinch of salt. The US-based…
In a sea of misinformation, there are 12 people whose odious spreading of toxic “fake news” about Covid-19 is so…
Vaccine misinformation has been an issue for a while now, and it’s become a particularly poignant issue in light of…
Back in April 2021, the Democratic Alliance announced it’s taking on Facebook to curb the potential for disinformation on its…
At the weekend, my neighbourhood’s WhatsApp group started buzzing like a hive of angry wasps on PCP. The phrase #NationalShutdown…
Over the past year, we’ve seen how dramatically misinformation can impact the lives of people, communities and entire countries. In…