A painting shows a sick man inside a hand sanitiser bottle, surrounded with human skulls. The painting is the work of Xolani Sivunda, an artist based in Mfuleni, a township near Khayelitsha in Cape town. Read full article
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SPOTLIGHT: ‘Truth offensive’ needed to counter Covid-19 vaccine misinformation, says messaging expert | Daily Maverick
From paintings by artists like Xolani Sivunda to communication campaigns launched by provincial health departments, the fight against Covid-19-related misinformation is being fought on many fronts. Spotlight surveyed some of these efforts and asked health and behaviour experts what does and does not work. Read full article
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Flatten The Curve – Newzroom Afrika
Misinformation putting the mass vaccination strategy at risk Watch full interview
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Disinformation harms health and democracy | The Mail & Guardian
Conspiracy theorists abuse emotive topics to suck the air out of legitimate debate and further their own sinister agendas. Written by Stuart Jones. Read full article
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Conspiracies Vs valid concerns | SAFM
The Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) is based at UCTs Graduate School of Business established to track and counter mis and disinformation, fake news and divisive and polarising rhetoric that is promulgated online to undermine social cohesion, democratic integrity, and the stability of nation states. GUEST: Stuart jones – Director of Projects at...
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SA to receive a million doses of Covid-19 vaccine in January and 500,000 doses in February from the Serum Institute of India (SII).
Here are seven reactions to the above announcement EFF’s Mbuyiseni Ndlozi has questioned the vaccine rollout; DA spokesperson Siviwe Gwarube welcomed the announcement saying “We cannot be complacent or sluggish”; and others have raised other valid concerns. Read the full story here:
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Caolan Robertson – Part 3 of 3. What Next? A Conversation about Addressing ‘Fake News’ in the Future | CABC Podcast
The final conversation with Caolan is a conversation about solutions, and about the future. Caolan has a unique perspective on how the right-wing media operates and what has made it so successful, in this episode we discuss the complexity of working to address disinformation, ‘fake news’ and hate speech online. This episode looks at what...
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Caolan Robertson – Part 2 of 3. A Journey Into and Out of the ‘Far Right’ | CABC Podcast
In this episode Coalan discusses his journey into the ‘far right’, as well as his decision to leave. Coalan worked with a number of the leading figures in the alt-right media space, including Lauren Southern, Alex Jones, Mike Cernovich, Milo Yiannopoulos, Roger Stone, Tommy Robinson and Stefan Molyneux. The content that he created resulted in...
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Caolan Robertson – Part 1 of 3. farmlands – The Making of a Misleading ‘Documentary’ | CABC Podcast
Caolan Robertson (pronounced “kay-lin) was one of the central figures in making right-wing politics mainstream, he worked with people like Tommy Robinson and helped them move from ‘fringe’ to mainstream political commentators. Caolan has since distanced himself from right-wing politics and is now working for ByLine Times. He now works to undo the work he...