Most social media users rely on digital platforms to connect with friends, family and colleagues in a constructive manner that builds cohesion in communities. But, some users are exploiting the medium for their own ends, sowing social discord by deliberately manipulating key narratives.
The CABC has uncovered evidence of an organised network of social media users who are spreading disinformation under the guise of being proponents of official Rapid Economic Transformation policy. This report reveals how the network operates to create social division through polarising rhetoric and devious tactics.
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