Protecting Truth in the Digital Age
We monitor, analyze, and combat disinformation to preserve the integrity of public discourse.
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The discovery of nine bodies across Ekurhuleni has turned the east rand into a landscape of grief, fear, and unanswered questions. What is now being called the Kempton Park killings began as a grim mystery and has slowly unfolded into something even more painful for the communities involved. The ninth…
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Nick Mayer once wore a detective’s badge, spent his career navigating the gray areas of human behavior, and eventually traded that life for the more private, solitary work of a licensed private investigator. But now, after years of complaints and a pattern of questionable conduct, the former detective has been handed a third and final warning by the authority that oversees private security personnel. The case revolves around a disturbing online episode: Mayer used a fake persona on Facebook to post defamatory allegations about people who, by all accounts, were not simply anonymous strangers. The Private Security Personnel Licensing Authority…
There is something deeply human about wanting to make sense of a chaotic world. We scroll through our feeds, and a headline catches our breath; a video makes our heart race; a photograph seems to confirm our worst fears or our deepest hopes. In those moments, before we have even verified what we have seen, we have already formed an opinion, and often, we have already shared it. This week, as the BRICS Summit 2026 unfolded in New Delhi, the world was watching India with unusual intensity, and that attention created a fertile ground for misinformation. One of the most…
