Stakeholders Urge Tech Giants, Gov’t To Attend To Mis-disinformation Situation in Ghana

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At end of the public forum on mis-disinformation in Ghana, media stakeholders highlighted three main drivers of the problem: political party propaganda, legacy media’s sacrifice of news accuracy for speed and the Ghana government’s regulation challenge.

Consequently, to arrest the problem, the main recommendations by participants were that stakeholders take action to stem these three main drivers. The forum also demanded more responsibility for information accuracy from big tech companies and App makers.

The forum which was held in Ghana’s capital, Accra, came off at the Alisa hotel on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, under the theme: Misinformation, Peace and Democratic Consolidation in Ghana.

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