In an interview with on eNCA on Sunday, Emma Sadleir warns residents not to share coronavirus-related information or voicenotes without verifying it first.
Durban - Anyone sharing fake news about Covid-19 will be fined or jailed for six months. This is according to social media expert Emma Sadleir.
"Every single person who presses forward is committing a criminal offence if they are intending to deceive," she said. "Go and do your own investigation. People need to interrogate the information that they receive," she said. Since the outbreak in South Africa, earlier this month, residents have been sharing voicenotes and messages that were later debunked by the Health Ministry and its affiliated agencies.
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