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Inside Rev360 — how Daily Maverick is using AI to boost community engagement, impact and revenue

Blog

Inside Rev360 — how Daily Maverick is using AI to boost community engagement, impact and revenue

By Daily Maverick

State Security Agency should have warned Ramaphosa about Trump’s false ‘farm murder crosses’ – Ntshavheni

South Africa

State Security Agency should have warned Ramaphosa about Trump’s false ‘farm murder crosses’ – Ntshavheni

By Caryn Dolley

Why the rise of political nano-influencers should concern us

Maverick News

Why the rise of political nano-influencers should concern us

By Rebecca Davis

World champs of white supremacy — why SA needs online disinformation laws, quick

South Africa

World champs of white supremacy — why SA needs online disinformation laws, quick

By Kevin Bloom

SA disinformation menace flags need for Africa’s democracies to guard against influencer networks

Op-eds

SA disinformation menace flags need for Africa’s democracies to guard against influencer networks

By Karen Allen

Watch – How Mangosuthu Buthelezi's US visits were used by Stratcom to misinform

Multimedia

Watch – How Mangosuthu Buthelezi's US visits were used by Stratcom to misinform

By Caryn Dolley

Inside Visegrad24, a Polish news site pushing a right-wing agenda about South Africa to the world

Maverick News

Inside Visegrad24, a Polish news site pushing a right-wing agenda about South Africa to the world

By Rebecca Davis

Foreign interest in Africa comes with damaging disinformation tactics

Op-eds

Foreign interest in Africa comes with damaging disinformation tactics

By Kyle Hiebert

Murdered in Worcester – ‘gangster informant’ who claimed Madonsela was target of hit

South Africa

Murdered in Worcester – ‘gangster informant’ who claimed Madonsela was target of hit

By Caryn Dolley

Meta is abandoning fact checking – this doesn’t bode well for the fight against misinformation

Maverick Life

Meta is abandoning fact checking – this doesn’t bode well for the fight against misinformation

By Ned Watt, Michelle Riedlinger and Silvia Montaña-Niño

Namibian voters in good spirits despite pre-election woes, swirling disinformation

Africa

Namibian voters in good spirits despite pre-election woes, swirling disinformation

By Ernst Calitz

Opposition leader questions SADC observer mission ahead of crucial Namibian poll

Africa

Opposition leader questions SADC observer mission ahead of crucial Namibian poll

By Ernst Calitz