About this episode

John Perlman discusses new disinformation rules with William Bird, focusing on the consequences for political parties during elections in South Africa.

John Perlman chats to William Bird, Director at Moxii Africa, about how political parties and candidates that spread disinformation during election campaigns – online or offline – will face serious consequences, as a new code of disinformation has been gazetted by the Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa.     702 Drive with John Perlman is a Johannesburg based talk radio show. John and his team keep you company on 702 each weekday afternoon. Catch up with the news and issues of the day with John who interviews the daily newsmakers and makes sense of what is going on. John and his team invite you to join their daily conversation, as you travel through the traffic.  Thank you for listening to a podcast from 702 Drive with John Perlman.   Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 15:00 to 18:00 (SA Time) to the Drive with John Perlman broadcast on 702  https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj  For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/G5olsbR or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/75M9Chd  Subscribe to the 702 Daily and Weekly newsletters https://buff.ly/v5mfetc  Follow us on social media:    702 on Facebook…

People in this episode

Host: John Perlman

Guest: William Bird

Topics covered

• election disinformation
• political consequences
• South Africa
• media ethics
• disinformation code

Keywords

• election
• disinformation
• political parties
• South Africa
• Independent Electoral Commission
• Moxii Africa
• media

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Moxii Africa, Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa

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