The Chairperson of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), Kathleen Addy, has stressed the need to equip NCCE staff with the necessary tools to combat misinformation, disinformation and hate-speech ahead of the 2024 election.
According to her, combating misinformation and disinformation is crucial in sustaining the peace that Ghanaians have enjoyed over the past 30 years.
At a recent workshop organised by the Commission in collaboration with the French Embassy on the theme: "Well Informed Citizens for Election 2024: A Civic Education Initiative on combating Mis/Disinformation and Hate Speech," she emphasised the importance of understanding the dynamics of information in the digital age. "This knowledge is crucial for our staff because from now as we head towards the elections and for later, given the world we live in.
We know that information is what drives the world and the information that is driving the world is being shared instantaneously across the world because of social media," she explained.