Twitter launches new forum to combat misinformation
January 26, 2021 This story, plus some digital media companies have discussions about going public via SPACs, Politico staffers
How Fox News, Newsmax vote-rigging coverage squares with defamation law
After weeks of sharing baseless allegations that the voting system firms Smartmatic and Dominion Systems had manipulated the outcome of
Twitter will start removing coronavirus vaccine misinformation
December 17, 2020 This story, plus 10 states file antitrust lawsuit against Google for online ad practices, a look at how anti-vaccination groups have gotten coverage in local press, and more, all in today’s media headlines. Top Stories Media
Letter: There’s a word absent from today’s free speech debate
From Peter Gartside, Royston, Hertfordshire, UK
Uganda Issues New Directives for Foreign Journalists
KAMPALA, UGANDA – Human rights activists are denouncing a new Ugandan directive to scrutinize journalists working for foreign media. On Thursday, Paul Ekochu, the chairman of the Ugandan government’s Media Council, said journalists working in the country for foreign outlets
Social media’s struggle with self-censorship
Within hours of the publication of a New York Post article on October 14th, Twitter users began receiving strange messages. If they tried to share the story—a dubious “exposé” of emails supposedly from the laptop of Hunter Biden, son of
Be careful what you share on Facebook, says Professor Ben Bongang
Today we bring to you Part 2 of Africa Agenda’s Celebration of World Press Freedom Day in 2019. Greetings to our all of guests in the United States and around the world. Lesson to be learned: High-quality news is important News managers must make a clear distinction between reporting and opinion writing Africans must learn…
African journalists must be fair, objective in their reporting, says Professor Luka Powanga
World Press Freedom Day, 2019 -Part 1 Ahead of the 2020 World Press Freedom Day on May 3, today we bring to you Part 1 of Africa Agenda’s Celebration of the event in 2019. Greetings to our all of guests in the United States and around the world. An interview with Dr. Luka Powanga of…
On Russian Trolls in Ghana, Nigeria — What CNN Got Right and Wrong
If you are an avid consumer of international news you may have seen the story which Cable News Network aka CNN ran recently about Russian trolls in Ghana and Nigeria. This story is especially relevant for the United States government as it relates to the issue of meddling in its elections by foreign entities. But…
As Fake News Grows – Organizations Wage War on Africa Misinformation
The battle to deal with deceit, misinformation, and its related ills, especially on the internet, has been on for many years. You’ll see me use the word “battle” many times in my writings on this subject. It’s a battle because the terrain is akin to warfare. In a battle where you either win or you…