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Africa-Press<\/a> – Zambia<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Electoral Commission of Zambia has called on the media to adapt to change and shift its approach from vices that have potential to propel hate speech in society.<\/p>\n

Solwezi District Electoral Officer Bornwell Luanga said the media has the duty to counter disinformation, misinformation and mal-information which has been brought about by the emergence of online media and citizen journalism.<\/p>\n

He said the media needs to fairly and accurately report electoral campaign activities of all political players in order to help the electorate make informed decisions.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to adapt to change and shift our approach in order to meet the needs of the public and counter falsehood, misinformation and mal-information which are vices that have propelled hate speech in our society,\u201d Eng. Luanga said.<\/p>\n

Eng. Luanga said the media should focus on pertinent issues in the various party manifestoes, candidates and political parties as well as election regulations and processes.<\/p>\n

Eng. Luanga who is also Solwezi Town Clerk was speaking in Solwezi today when he opened a three day media training workshop organized by the Electoral Commission of Zambia in collaboration with the United Nations Development Program Democracy strengthening in Zambia project.<\/p>\n

He said the media must be reliable, truthful and trusted when reporting on election activities as it is the only means through which the public get to know about an election and political players.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor citizens to be well informed during this election, there must be a free media. But whilst the media must be free and able to form independent and diverse views, it must be reliable, truthful and therefore trusted,\u201d Eng. Luanga said. He urged the media to uphold and champion media ethics as this will help improve media reporting on the country\u2019s electoral process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. The Electoral Commission of Zambia has called on the media to adapt to change and shift its approach from vices that have potential to propel hate speech in society. Solwezi District Electoral Officer Bornwell Luanga said the media has the duty to counter disinformation, misinformation and mal-information which has been brought about […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":2215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,8,12,16],"tags":[234,235,793,376,233],"class_list":["post-2216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zambia","tag-anti-hate-speech","tag-ecz","tag-zambia"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Electoral Commission of Zambia advises the Media to diffuse hate speech - Zambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Electoral Commission of Zambia has called on the media to adapt to change and shift its approach from vices that hav ...\" \/>\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\/zambia\/all-news\/the-electoral-commission-of-zambia-advises-the-media-to-diffuse-hate-speech\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Electoral Commission of Zambia advises the Media to diffuse hate speech\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Electoral Commission of Zambia has called on the media to adapt to change and shift its approach from vices that hav ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/the-electoral-commission-of-zambia-advises-the-media-to-diffuse-hate-speech\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-07-10T16:07:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2021\/07\/img-60e9c4a53eae9.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"480\" \/>\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\/zambia\/all-news\/the-electoral-commission-of-zambia-advises-the-media-to-diffuse-hate-speech#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/the-electoral-commission-of-zambia-advises-the-media-to-diffuse-hate-speech\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"The Electoral Commission of Zambia advises the Media to diffuse hate speech\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-10T16:07:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/the-electoral-commission-of-zambia-advises-the-media-to-diffuse-hate-speech\"},\"wordCount\":307,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/the-electoral-commission-of-zambia-advises-the-media-to-diffuse-hate-speech#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2021\/07\/img-60e9c4a53eae9.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Zambia\",\"Anti-Hate Speech\",\"ecz\",\"Zambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/the-electoral-commission-of-zambia-advises-the-media-to-diffuse-hate-speech#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/the-electoral-commission-of-zambia-advises-the-media-to-diffuse-hate-speech\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/the-electoral-commission-of-zambia-advises-the-media-to-diffuse-hate-speech\",\"name\":\"The Electoral Commission of Zambia advises the Media to diffuse hate speech - 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