New evidence of thriving ‘disinformation industry’ on Twitter is worrying as Kenya gears for elections in August 2022
Here’s why social media platforms must do more to enable honest public debate in the high-stakes 2022 election.
Here’s why social media platforms must do more to enable honest public debate in the high-stakes 2022 election.
In 2021, Africa Check has been busy working with less connected communities. Here’s what we learnt.
Africa Check’s Know the Facts Get the Vax multimedia series answers common questions about Covid vaccines.
The comparative study is among the first to examine fact-checking effectiveness from a cross-country perspective.
We’ve launched a new programme to spread accurate information to a wider audience across our continent – welcome to our Fact Ambassadors!
A new study argues for an expanded definition of media literacy.
Since 2016, the 11 countries we studied nearly doubled their laws and regulations on misinformation. There is little to show for it.
Twenty African fact-checking organisations are working together to share their experiences and collaborate to fight the spread of false info
With movement restrictions in place due to Covid-19, unverified information still found a way of travelling, whether among family, colleague...
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