The inaugural CINIA Information Integrity Summit was held in July at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Studies. The Summit featured leading researchers, policy activists, industry roleplayers and media practitioners to address pressing issues facing the integrity of the information ecosystem.

Featuring over 40 participants, it brought together fact-checkers, researchers, journalists, policy advocates and other key industry figures. Present were representatives from organisations such as Meta, the Independent Electoral Commission, Media Monitoring Africa, the South African National Editors’ Forum, and the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies.