Meta is working directly with the IEC to minimize election misinformation in South Africa.
Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, is working directly with the Independent Electoral Commission to ensure its platforms are not used as misinformation tools during the 2024 South African elections., Meta President of Global Affairs Nick Clegg said it has given the IEC extensive guidance on using social media platforms effectively.
Clegg acknowledged that 2024 will be a challenging year. Not only will it be the year with the most national elections in history; there are also new technologies like generative AI that it must contend with. “You can’t control or regulate something you can’t identify in the first place. Identifying the origin, the provenance, and being able to detect the genesis of synthetic content is really quite important,” said Clegg.
“The regulator will attend to the notifications from the IEC in accordance with the requirements of the Protection of Personal Information Act ,” said the Information Regulator. “Somehow, somebody at the IEC leaked the list, before they could examine it and before they could invoke their own processes to have the lists publicly available,” Ramaphosa was quoted as saying.
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