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The Electoral Matters Amendment Bill makes amendments to five electoral laws. But opposition parties say the changes have gone too far, and will impact multi-party democracy.
Despite skepticism against the utility of fact-checking units to counter misinformation in politics, panelists at the CSDR conference spoke in their favour, saying government can't fact-check themselves.
The Labour Party has changed the venue of its national convention to Nnewi, Anambra State. The party disclosed this in a notice by the National Chairman of the party, Julius Abure, and its National Secretary, Umar Ibrahim. The notice was addressed to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Yakubu Mamood, that the convention Read More
Meta is limiting political content on Instagram, but users can change this in settings.
Nearly ninety per cent of UK drivers would rather have traditional buttons and switches than touchscreen controls in their cars, according to new research
It’s an election year, so there are virtual firehoses of misinformation pointed at potential voters.Although there are encouraging signs that people are getting better at spotting misinformation, but there’s a kind of “fake news” that seems particulate pernicious, on both sides of the political aisle: drawing a conclusion based on omitted information or missing context. It’s a favorite tactic of politicians that explodes during an election year, so let’s dig into a couple of widely spread...
Instagram has started an automatic clamp down on the amount of political content appearing in its users' feeds, but there is a relatively quick and easy way to turn off the controls if you don't want to keep the limitations place. As part of an initiative Instagram announced last month, the popular social media service owned by Meta Platforms has stopped proactively recommending political content posted on accounts that users don't choose to follow. To do that, Instagram has automatically set...
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The era of State Capture is fresh in South Africans' minds, so it's no
CBS’s Stephen Colbert has used The Late Show to routinely condemn Supreme Court rulings after it rejected his legal theories from way out in left field. On Monday, Colbert welcomed former liberal Justice Stephen Breyer to the show to promote the latter's new book and seek affirmation that his views of the Court are correct. Unfortunately for him, Breyer refused to play along. In the first segment with Breyer, Colbert asked, “Do you, former Justice Breyer, believe that former presidents have...
CBS’s Stephen Colbert has used The Late Show to routinely condemn Supreme Court rulings after it rejected his legal theories from way out in left field. On Monday, Colbert welcomed former liberal Justice Stephen Breyer to the show to promote the latter's new book and seek affirmation that his views of the Court are correct. Unfortunately for him, Breyer refused to play along. In the first segment with Breyer, Colbert asked, “Do you, former Justice Breyer, believe that former presidents have...