“What we learnt fact-checking the Covid-19 infodemic on WhatsApp in Kenya”
The viral circulation of false information online in Kenya – and in much of Africa – often mimics the oral manner in […]
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“Why return of fake front pages should worry us”
In the final week of May 2020, Kenya’s mainstream media suffered an avalanche of fake newspaper front pages. All the
“’Fake News’ on The Internet: ‘A multi-tentacular problem’
In Africa, a wide variety of false information is being disseminated online. Sometimes that is done inadvertently, but far too
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Kofi Annan and Kenya: Hero to some and villain to others.
For at least two months in 2008, Kofi Annan, who died on Saturday aged 80, was the only hope for
“Fighting for honesty and truth”.
Disinformation can start anywhere – and, with the help of the digital grapevine and the political rumor mill, spread to