Influential leaders contributed to spreading fake news – CSIR’s Mtsweni
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Dr
Jabu Mtsweni of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has pointed out that if all the the fake news out in the public domain was not bad enough, there are also a large number of influential leaders who are spreading false information.
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CAPE TOWN - Panelists in a webinar hosted by Wits University and government on Friday said the dissemination of fake news could damage democracy.
Experts said there had been a significant rise in false information peddling amid the COVID-19 pandemic.