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How do you know if you are being fed rubbish on WhatsApp?

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Don’t share your uncle’s conspiracy theories.

Kate Wilkinson from Africa Check discusses with City Press political journalist S’thembile Cele the misinformation being permeated through WhatsApp and how to identify those misleading stories and images.

You can also ask Africa Check to fact-check a message by contacting them on WhatsApp at (+27) 073 749 7875.

Africa Check have released a fact sheet to help you.

Listen to this podcast, a partnership between City Press and Africa Check, the continent’s leading fact-checking organisation.

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