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How to Avoid Spreading Misinformation

Image by Courtney Morrison The entire ecosystem we live in — from the online memes we consume to the flyers we’re getting in our mailboxes to the hateful ads that interrupt our favorite TV shows — helps fuel manipulation. That makes it…

sanews.gov.za
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Warning against sharing misleading videos on elections

The South African Police Service (SAPS) Limpopo Commissioner, Lieutenant General Jan Petrus Scheepers, has cautioned the public against circulating old videos, pictures and misleading information on social media, particularly content falsely presented as current incidents relating to the ongoing electoral…

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Russia’s Matryoshka bots launch disinfo campaign claiming Ukraine runs “secret prisons” to torture soldiers and hold kidnapped foreigners

Cover image generated with ChatGPT The Russian “Matryoshka” bot network has launched a campaign on social media promoting claims that Ukraine operates “secret prisons” where military personnel and foreigners are tortured. Researchers with the Antibot4Navalny project, which tracks pro-Russian bot activity…

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