The President of South Africa has expressed his concern to Elon Musk about "misinformation" after US President Donald Trump claimed that the government was "seizing land". "We expressed our concern about the misinformation we saw in President Trump's announcement, but also in his own response to our statement," said the...
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President of the Republic calls for vigilance against misinformation about cholera
The President of the Republic is appealing to the population not to get carried away by the wave of misinformation about the origin of cholera, spread by malicious people. According to Filipe Nyusi, who made the appeal this Monday in the village of Capimbi, in the town of Ntemangau, in Changara, Tete province, during the inauguration of an integrated...
Nampula: Health sector calls for police intervention in the face of misinformation about cholera outbreak
The district of Mecubúri, located in the north of Nampula province, continues to stand out in terms of misinformation about cholera, an infectious disease that, by the way, is severely affecting the area. According to a report in the newspaper Ikweli, the population of Mecubúri still believes that diarrheal diseases and cholera are distributed by the government authorities...
Cholera misinformation leads to the death of three chiefs in Cabo Delgado
Three community leaders have been murdered and 50 houses destroyed in Cabo Delgado province, due to a wave of misinformation about the causes of cholera, reports Jornal a Carta in a report published on Wednesday. In all, according to the same source, there are 14 incidents resulting from misinformation about cholera in five districts...
MISAU denies occurrence of covid cases in Mozambique, but warns of spike in viral syndromes
Today in Maputo, the Minister of Health, Armindo Tiago, denied the occurrence of covid-19 cases in Mozambique, refuting the information circulating on social media. "There are two types of messages on social media: one that talks about variant XX. This information is from 2022, and is only circulating from a perspective of...
Ukraine: Facebook creates a team to fight hate and disinformation
The company responsible for Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, Meta, says it is aware of the situation in Ukraine and says it has set up a specialized team to deal with speech and content that violates its rules on social media. "The situation in Ukraine is devastating. We have established a Special Operations Center, equipped with experts and...
Spotify vows to take steps to combat misinformation on covid-19
Spotify has revealed that it will take steps to combat misinformation about covid-19 on its platform, following a boycott movement launched by 'folk-rock' legend Neil Young. The world's number one music 'streaming' company, in particular, will include a warning on all its content that talks about covid-19, in...