PRESS RELEASE: Africa Check, South African media and Google create election fact-checking coalition
The broad-based coalition aims to help voters critically engage with information and make informed decisions in the voting booth.
The broad-based coalition aims to help voters critically engage with information and make informed decisions in the voting booth.
Africa Check has created fact-checking resources for teachers that directly target harmful information.
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Africa Check is working to help Africans critically interrogate the information they engage with.
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