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Africa-Press – Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span>The Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL) has launched the project on combating disinformation in Sierra Leone ahead of the June multi-tier elections.<\/p>\n

<\/a>The Chief Electoral Commissioner (CEC), Mohamed Kenewei Konneh officially launched the project which will greatly involve the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists and the NDI titled, \u2018\u2019Combating Disinformation in Sierra Leone\u2019s 2023 Electoral Cycle\u2019\u2019.The commissioner highlighted the dangers of disinformation and proffered collaborative solutions which SLAJ. The media stakeholders may use and explore to have an interactive process that will be free from all sorts of disinformation.<\/p>\n

The commission also engaged in the right to access information commission workshop in Freetown where different EMBs and stakeholders were present.<\/p>\n

Representing the CEC was the ECSL Commissioner west and oversight for media and communications, Zainab Umu Moseray. She delivered the keynote address on the theme, \u2018\u2019Access to Information, an essential tool for democratic elections\u2019\u2019.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Sierra-Leone<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Sierra-Leone. The Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL) has launched the project on combating disinformation in Sierra Leone ahead of the June multi-tier elections. The Chief Electoral Commissioner (CEC), Mohamed Kenewei Konneh officially launched the project which will greatly involve the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists and the NDI titled, \u2018\u2019Combating Disinformation in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":15810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[291,293,292],"class_list":["post-15811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-sierra-leone","tag-sierra-leone"],"yoast_head":"\n2023 Elections: ECSL Launches the Combating Disinformation Project - Sierra Leone<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL) has launched the project on combating disinformation in Sierra Leone ahe ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/2023-elections-ecsl-launches-the-combating-disinformation-project\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2023 Elections: ECSL Launches the Combating Disinformation Project\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL) has launched the project on combating disinformation in Sierra Leone ahe ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/2023-elections-ecsl-launches-the-combating-disinformation-project\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sierra Leone\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-03-25T18:41:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-03-25T18:52:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1679754108.72.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"628\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/2023-elections-ecsl-launches-the-combating-disinformation-project#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/2023-elections-ecsl-launches-the-combating-disinformation-project\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"2023 Elections: ECSL Launches the Combating Disinformation Project\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-25T18:41:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-25T18:52:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/2023-elections-ecsl-launches-the-combating-disinformation-project\"},\"wordCount\":165,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/2023-elections-ecsl-launches-the-combating-disinformation-project#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1679754108.72.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Sierra-Leone\",\"Sierra-Leone\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/2023-elections-ecsl-launches-the-combating-disinformation-project#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/2023-elections-ecsl-launches-the-combating-disinformation-project\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/2023-elections-ecsl-launches-the-combating-disinformation-project\",\"name\":\"2023 Elections: ECSL Launches the Combating Disinformation Project - 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