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Defend Truth

William Bird

William Bird is the director of Media Monitoring Africa, Ashoka and a Linc Fellow.

Latest Work

Disinformation amid Covid-19: Weekly trends in South Africa

22 June 2020

Disinformation amid Covid-19: Weekly trends in South Africa

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William Bird

12 November 2019

A real reason for the powerful to fight disinformation

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William Bird

23 August 2019

SABC bailout: What bailout?

7 min

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William Bird

14 July 2019

More battles for media freedom being won, but the war is far from over

5 min

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William Bird

3 July 2019

Minister, please don’t break the SABC, get it the guarantee it needs

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William Bird

Press Freedom: The moment we tolerate bullies, we also sanction an attack on our democracy

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William Bird

27 March 2019

A user’s guide to combating disinformation — how to take on dark forces

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William Bird

21 February 2019

Following Mboweni’s Budget: SABC's Five Little Words

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William Bird

11 February 2019

Message to Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams: Help the SABC – don’t undermine it

5 min

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William Bird

4 December 2018

Only Cyril Ramaphosa can get the SABC out of this crisis

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William Bird

29 November 2018

From leadership to leadershi*

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William Bird

4 November 2018

Thriller at the SABC: ‘No one’s gonna save you from the beast about to strike’

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