Fake list of judges for JSC interviews circulated

The judiciary has been hit by a flurry of fake news reports, which has forced it to clarify the wave of disinformation in the past two weeks, says a report on the IoL site. The latest is a list circulating on social media, purportedly containing judges shortlisted for judicial vacancies by the JSC. However, the JSC has moved swiftly to distance itself from the list. ‘The JSC has since learned that some of the candidates listed on that list have unfortunately received congratulatory messages for being on the JSC’s shortlist. The JSC wishes to clarify that the list circulating in various media platforms was not published by the JSC,’ the commission said. The JSC said its screening committee, which was tasked to prepare a shortlist, would sit on 11 August to compile the list. The fake list has been circulating on social media and was published on news websites last week. It was also published on the Legalbrief Today site, but has since been removed.