Online platforms are replete with examples of false information – from WhatsApp messages punting some miraculous cure for Covid-19, to social media posts claiming a politician said something... Read more
A 7-Day Acumen Media Report by Tonya Khoury. It’s not often I start the weekly report with an international story but I’m trying to be a little more cheerful in the weekly report. And I had... Read more
Despite public pushback, Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp will be going ahead with the privacy policy update it announced earlier this year. Read more
Social media in South Africa has been awash with panic, conspiracy theories and mass account deletions ever since it became known that on 8 February 2021 WhatsApp users would have to agree t... Read more
Johannesburg-based podcast production studio Volume got creative, using WhatsApp to shed light on how media startups in South Africa were reporting on the toughest parts of the Covid-19 pand... Read more
