Media Matters

29/07/2025

: Africa needs a voice on information integrity and media freedom

As leaders of the world’s major economies prepare for the November G20 Johannesburg Summit, champions of South Africa’s journalism industry are working to ensure that information integrity and media freedom are not overlooked.

The two issues are inextricably linked, argue Media Monitoring Africa and the South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF). Together, the two organisations are spearheading Media20 (M20) in the lead-up to the G20 talks, to highlight the issues.

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29/07/2025

Know News is an easy-to-use news tool by Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) that helps people check the credibility of any news offering website on their computer. The main objective of the tool and initiative is to defend credible news media and people in general from falling prey to mis/disinformation peddlers.

What makes the initiative more interesting is that the
public who are consumers of news are mainly the ones who report news offering websites that they think are suspicious for classification by MMA.

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28/07/2025

We are in court in Gqeberha with Power Law for this case: SAHRC v Lagardien.

The case, which centers on the placement of a sign and the dissemination of information within a WhatsApp group alleged to incite harm against the LGBTQI+ community, presents nuanced challenges regarding contemporary communication methods.

MMA remains committed to upholding media freedom while ensuring it does not infringe upon the dignity and equality of all individuals.

We believe the court's decision in this matter will contribute significantly to a more tolerant and inclusive society.

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More about the case : mediamonitoringafrica.org/sahrc-v-lagard…

May 25, 2025SAHRC v Lagardien Case Cases and Outcomes By Noor Ahmad 0 Comments Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) has joined this landmark Equality Court case as amicus curiae to support the protection of vulnerable communities while affirming the constitutional imperative to balance fundamental rights.....

28/07/2025

MADOAT🗞️

MADOAT is an innovative online media advocacy tool designed to spotlight the best and worst practices in media reporting on children. It aims to promote greater accountability among editors and journalists by encouraging ethical and accurate coverage of issues affecting children.

This platform not only advocates for responsible journalism but also empowers children by providing them a space to engage directly with the media.

Over the past year, the number of MADs has significantly decreased compared to previous years, which is a positive development. This decline indicates an improvement in the quality of media reporting on children’s issues

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28/07/2025

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25/07/2025

[EVENT RECAP]
Yesterday we kicked off our Fighting Climate Disinformation event with powerful conversations unpacking the role of media in tackling false narratives around climate change.🌍🗞️

The day featured a vibrant public dialogue with leading media voices and international experts, children and journalists.

WATCH: https://ow.ly/Unus50WvfNQ

25/07/2025

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TWISTING META'S ARM TO PROTECT KIDS FROM P**N EXPLOTATION.

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24/07/2025

Live now | : Fighting Climate Disinformation 🌍

We are now starting our Climate Disinformation event that aims to include a public dialogue featuring media voices, international experts and a closed background media briefing for journalists!🎤



STREAM LIVE: https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1mnGegpELwAxX

23/07/2025

Media Monitoring Africa, together with its partners, is convening African journalists, fact‑checkers, digital rights specialists and international collaborators for a vital conversation on combating climate change disinformation and upholding information integrity.

Fighting Climate Change Disinformation: Information Integrity for Climate Change and the Role of African Media.

Date 📅 : 24 July 2025
Time 🕛 : 09:00 AM – 13:00 PM
Venue📍: Goethe‑Institut, Johannesburg

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22/07/2025

Insights to Incitement (i3)

Insights into Incitement or i3 is an MMA tool developed to help detect and track degrees of incitement of violence on social media and online.

The objective of I3 is to develop an intelligent system that analyses text data such as social media posts, articles, political party commentaries, and public complaints to assess and rank the level of potential incitement to harm.
The system uses a custom classifier and sentiment analysis to rank each piece of analysed text on a RAG scale (Red, Amber, Green) by severity of potential incitement.

Read more: https://iiiafrica.org/

21/07/2025

William Bird, director of Media Monitoring Africa, agrees.

How do you act against a global corporation if you are a 15-year-old who has been exploited by someone who took your content and turned it into abuse?” he asked.

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18/07/2025

[EVENT]
Fighting Climate Change Disinformation: Information Integrity for Climate Change and the Role of African Media.

Date 📅 : 24 July 2025
Time 🕛 : 09:00 AM – 13:00 PM
Venue📍: Goethe‑Institut, Johannesburg

RSVP: http://ow.ly/s1sO50WnFSV