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AI, ultra-cheap disinformation threatens voter trust – experts
AI, ultra-cheap disinformation threatens voter trust – experts
As South Africa prepares for the highly anticipated local government elections, the intersection of AI, political campaigning, and digital disinformation has triggered intense national scrutiny.
At a recent high-level roundtable focused on combating fake news, public officials and independent fact-checkers converged to sound the alarm on a rapidly evolving digital landscape that threatens to compromise voter trust.
Speaking at the roundtable, Sandile Nene of the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) reflected on…
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