{
  "id": 4829708,
  "title": "NCCE calls for stronger media partnership to protect Ghana’s democracy in digital age",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/ncce-calls-for-stronger-media-partnership-to-protect-ghanas-democracy",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T08:53:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Chronicle Ghana",
    "slug": "the-chronicle-ghana",
    "url": "https://thechronicle.com.gh/ncce-calls-for-stronger-media-partnership-to-protect-ghanas-democracy-in-digital-age/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has urged media collaboration to enhance constitutional awareness, responsible citizenship, and national unity in Ghana's digital landscape. Media's crucial role in navigating misinformation, disinformation, hate speech, online harassment, and deepfake content was highlighted during a Press Soirée organized by the Commission in Accra. NCCE Chairperson Kathleen Addy emphasized the media's potential to inform, educate, and influence public discourse, stating that it can reach various platforms such as homes, workplaces, schools, and communities. The 2026 theme, \"Upholding the Constitution in the Digital Age: A Collective Responsibility,\" reflects the urgency to adapt civic education to the evolving information environment. The Commission faces challenges from misinformation, disinformation, hate speech, intolerance, online harassment, and deepfake content. Media practitioners called for the NCCE to strengthen its presence at the district and community levels, as well as adopt innovative approaches to engage the public, especially the youth who are increasingly consuming information through digital platforms.",
  "summary": "The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has called for stronger collaboration with the media to promote constitutional awareness, responsible citizenship and national cohesion amid growing challenges in Ghana’s digital information environment. The Commission said the media had a critical role to play in helping citizens navigate an increasingly complex information space characterised…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/mtn-media-republic-ghana-wildlife-society-embark-on-bird-butterfly",
        "published": "2026-09-01T08:59:19.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}