A misinformation network, masquerading as a group of South African “news” sites, has been traced to a West African businessman operating from Johannesburg and Port Harcourt in Nigeria. This web
This article originally appeared on www.superlinear.co.za on 31 August 2018, and has been republished here with the author’s consent. The website FiveThirtyEight (made famous by its founder, Nate Silver, who
No discussion on disinformation would be complete without mention of the most controversial of them all: WMCLeaks. The WMCleaks website rose to prominence early in 2017, during the height of
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has distanced itself from a Facebook page claiming SA would not be scared to go to war with any country, including the US.
The owners of a controversial website at the centre of disseminating right wing propaganda on social media have been unearthed as South African expats living in Thailand. The father-and-son pair
A controversial South African fake news site that has gained significant traction over recent months has been traced back to a man from Mpumalanga who previously ran afoul of the
Several disinformation websites registered this year to promote the “white monopoly capital” (WMC) narrative have been traced to a web design and online reputation management company in India. News24 has
