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Pretoria News reports that the University of SA (Unisa) employee exposed as the source of scores of fake news stories with the potential to divide South Africans along racial lines will be subjected to internal investigations.
The employee is in hot water after a probe named him as the man responsible for numerous fake news websites that generated income through advertisements. The websites were not registered with any media regulator body and had no contactable editor and for a while were guilty of spreading fabricated and insensitive celebrity deaths stories and other misleading stories. With the country experiencing a wave of fake news and misinformation, fake news sources have been condemned numerous times by the SA National Editors Forum (Sanef) and various public figures. Unisa spokesperson Martin Ramotshela said: “The university has already initiated an internal investigation into the alleged conduct by the employee and it will take appropriate steps informed by the facts established during and post the investigation.” Sanef fake news expert Chris Louw said the phenomenon was a big problem that was spreading and often existed outside mainstream narratives, but still attracted a significant audience.
- Read the full original report by James Mahlokwane at Pretoria News
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