Countering Disinformation
Managing the cost of disinformation
Why countering the threat requires media houses to inspire and innovate There are signs that news gathering around the 2025-26 general election is likely to be fast-paced, social media-driven, dangerous, and packed with disinformation, misinformation and mal-information. The disinformation around the 2021 general election in Uganda was big and it…
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Disinformation flips the journalist’s job
Newsrooms and individual journalists seeking to positively impact the 2026 election must mix informing with confirming Journalists covering the 2025-26 Uganda general election must be…
Expert tips on countering disinformation as 2026 electioneering take shape
Disinformation has yet again come into sharp focus in public debates as Uganda enters the 2025-2026 general elections season.
Disinformation in Uganda’s 2025-26 general election cycle
Uganda’s election year 2025-2026 is here and the country’s legacy or mainstream media houses and their digital affiliates should either have or be drawing up strategies about how their coverage will maximise audience attention, make them money, and k
Countering Disinformation ToolKit
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