OPED: Bird of freedom reduced to ashes By Dr Nobody I doubt you’ve seen this strange byline before, and I really hope you won’t see it again. You see, just for today, I want to be a professional nobody. I do not want to be a Black or White person. I don’t want to be …
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National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure has confirmed that law enforcement agencies are on high alert following rumours of a national shutdown on Monday. Read full article
NatJOINTS on high alert following threats to shut down the country. Thobela FM Listen to the full interview
A WhatsApp group has emerged as the focal point for the eight days of riots and looting that claimed more than 300 lives and ripped R50bn out of a struggling economy. Read full article
Social media was used as an amplification tool, with images and videos used out of context to manipulate the public, deceiving people to believe that past events were taking place in the present. Read full article
It’s all here on The Pulse – a podcast series from The Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change. In this 3 part episode, the CABC’s Adam Armstrong chats to Jean Le Roux, a Research Associate at the Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFR), about how false information on social media is organised and being weaponised.
In less than a month, 12 Twitter accounts became central to the instigation that caused mayhem and destruction as they spearheaded the call to release Jacob Zuma from prison. Read full article
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