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Disinformation and elections: Lessons learned from South Africa’s general elections

Disinformation and elections: Lessons learned from South Africa’s general elections

Update: 2024-09-19
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False and misleading information were widely circulated on social media platforms over the course of the 2024 South African general election. Lester Kiewit speaks to elections analyst and consultant Ben Graham Jones about the lessons we can learn from this experience. 

 

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