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Entering the matrix of misinformation
To tackle the potency and complexity of misinformation, we need a systemic response, argues Nanjala Nyabola.
Across the pond, a similar tale unfolded in July when online posts falsely alleged that a man who killed three children at a dance class in Southport, a small town in north England, was a Muslim asylum seeker. European colonial officers operating in the global majority during the last days of Empire spent significant parts of their budgets disseminating the idea that ‘natives’ were inherently inferior and did not deserve independence. But in other countries they depend entirely on self-regulation, as in the US where media practitioners are bound more by in-house editorial standards, whilst the law balances concerns about libel and defamation with defending the First Amendment right to free speech.
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