South Africa's Chief Electoral Officer, Sy Mamabolo has cautioned that if social media could be left unattended, it could have negative consequences and affect the integrity of elections.
[File image] Social media apps appear on a phone screen.
Representatives of the 15 electoral management bodies in attendance made inputs on the guidelines and principles for the use of digital and social media in elections in Africa. “If left unattended, social media can impact the elections in a detrimental way. This, therefore, calls for a collective response to combat this issue,” says Mamabolo.As part of the inputs made at the workshop, a call was made for the protection of women in politics and women in Journalism from abuse on social media.
Lugangira says social media platforms have a responsibility to contribute to digital democracy, something the representatives of the social media platforms agree with.
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