Astroturfing and online handling: Understanding the issues in Africa
Astroturfing, a subtle form of online manipulation, is to create false popular movements to influence public opinion.
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The top of the great mobilization of the Fact-Checking in Accra
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.
Disinformation, Messinformation, Malinformation: What differences?
In the digital age where information circulates at high speed, the concepts of disinformation, mesinformation and malinformation take on paramount importance.
Social networks: Youth, great condemned of disinformation?
The extent of the disinformation is not to be ignored in Cameroon. However, almost no one seems to do nothing to stop the damage.
How to recognize and avoid clickbait?
Clickbait, or "click bait", is a commonly used technique on the internet to attract user attention by promising sensational content, often misleading.
Disinformation: anchoring bias, this cognitive trap
Traps for the human brain, cognitive biases can be instrumentalized to manipulate information from the population. Point on anchoring.
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The impacts of
disinformation in Africa
Disturbance of social stability
False information can exacerbate social tensions and lead to civilian disorders, playing on ethnic and political divisions.
→ See our article on the example of disinformation in NigerErosion of confidence in the media
The propagation of Fake News reduces the credibility of traditional and digital media, pushing people to turn to unaccompanied sources of information.
→ See our article on local media in AfricaInfluence on elections
Fake-News can manipulate public opinion and affect the electoral results, by disseminating false information on candidates and electoral processes.
→ See our article on Deepfakes in AfricaEconomic impact
Disinformation can also affect local economies by sowing panic and disturbing financial and commercial markets.
→ see our article on the summit on disinformation in AccraBy exploring our site, you will discover how we approach these questions, the strategies put in place to fight against fake news, and concrete examples of disinformation in Africa.