Home Affairs to refer anti-asylum seeker AI slop campaign to IEC

Home Affairs to refer anti-asylum seeker AI slop campaign to IEC

AI-generated images were created to criticise Home Affairs' Constitutional Court-mandated directive on asylum seeker and refugee applications.

Home Affairs Runs to IEC as Fake News About Asylum Ruling Threatens to Ignite Violent Uprising in SA

The Department of Home Affairs has referred an alleged coordinated disinformation campaign surrounding a Constitutional Court ruling on asylum applications to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), warning that false claims risk inflaming tensions and inciting violence. The department said the matter would be handled under the IEC’s Code of Conduct on Countering Disinformation, published in […]

Home Affairs takes disinformation fight to IEC as asylum tensions erupt at refugee offices - Inside Politics

By Levy Masiteng The Department of Home Affairs has referred an alleged disinformation campaign surrounding a Constitutional Court ruling on asylum applications to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), as tensions over the reopening of the asylum system spill into protests and disruptions at refugee reception offices. The department on Wednesday accused “nefarious actors” of deliberately […]

Home Affairs says court not minister opened asylum doors

Home Affairs says false claims about the asylum ruling are spreading and will go to the electoral commission, as ActionSA and a union raise concerns.