CSOs seek media partnership to tackle fake news during elections | TheCable

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Safeguarding Online Civic Space (SOCS), a group of civil society organisations (CSOs), has called for media support to fight fake news during the elections. Speaking at a press conference on

February 22, 2023 2:15 PM

Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday in Abuja, Funmi Akinyele, chairperson of SOCS, said the group’s goal is to “protect Nigeria’s online civic space” before, during, and after the elections. “The Safeguarding Online Civic Space group is a loose cluster of mostly youth-led civil society organisations and business membership organisations from diverse areas within the social sector,” she said.“As the general elections are approaching, the overarching goal of this project is to protect online civic space by combating voter misinformation and disinformation while improving access to accurate civic information inclusively.

“To address this, the safeguarding digital civic space for electoral integrity project is engaging critical stakeholders across government, telecommunications, civil society, and the general public, who have been united by an overarching interest in protecting the online civic space to maximise the benefits and minimise the threats for proper enlightenment and education of the populace on their civic rights regarding the general elections, irrespective of cultural, religious and political...

 

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