As a result of the incessant development of new technologies and the role that social networks now plays in the daily lives of Internet users, the rise of disinformation does not spare Africa. This situation puts journalists on the continent are under permanent pressure.
On April 20 at 8:06 p.m., a certain Dia Diarra, published on his Twitter account the video of a mass grave in Gossi in the north of Mali, and accused the French army of being the author. Wagner group's group survey.
Football, the most popular sport in Africa, is increasingly impacted by the spread of fake news.
Astroturfing, a subtle form of online manipulation, is to create false popular movements to influence public opinion.
The meeting to be held on October 9 and 10 in Accra will bring together African organizations engaged in the verification of the facts, in order to explore new avenues of action to fight against this scourge.
In the digital age where information circulates at high speed, the concepts of disinformation, mesinformation and malinformation take on paramount importance.
