Policy and legislation play a crucial role in combatting disinformation by establishing a framework to address its spread and impact. Our panelists Azola Dayile the Programme Manager of Advocacy, litigation, and lobbying at Media Monitoring Africa, and Tshepiso Hadebe, legal counsultant at PPM attorneys explored different approaches, policies, and strategies to address the spread of false information. Nyakallo Tefu moderated the panel discussion to shed light on the role of policy and legislation in addressing disinformation, strategies for effective regulation and enforcement, how to balance freedom of speech while curbing disinformation, and policy implementations that are needed to combat disinformation and hate crimes to break down echo chambers.
Countering Disinformation Panel Discussion
