Bongani Bingwa speaks with Dr Mashilo Boloka, CEO of the New Film and Publication Board, and William Bird, director of Media Monitoring Africa, about the recently published regulations ostensibly aimed at combating misinformation and disinformation during the upcoming elections, and why some media organisations have warned that this is a crude, misguided, and potentially dangerous attempt to address the problem, calling for the immediate withdrawal of the new regulations.

<p>Bongani Bingwa speaks with Dr Mashilo Boloka, CEO of the New Film and Publication Board, and William Bird, director of Media Monitoring Africa, about the recently published regulations ostensibly aimed at combating misinformation and disinformation during the upcoming elections, and why some media organisations have warned that this is a crude, misguided, and potentially dangerous attempt to address the problem, calling for the immediate withdrawal of the new regulations.</p>

Get all the news you need to know each day with Bongani Bingwa’s Breakfast Show. Stay updated on developing stories and hear from the newsmakers making headlines as well as ordinary listeners affected by the stories. 

<p>Get all the news you need to know each day with Bongani Bingwa’s Breakfast Show. Stay updated on developing stories and hear from the newsmakers making headlines as well as ordinary listeners affected by the stories. </p>

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