Silas Jonathan
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Elections
Inside the Hashtag Cold Wars: How Coordinated Networks on X Are Driving Disinformation in Ghana’s 2024 Elections
On X (formerly Twitter), a coordinated network of accounts is driving hashtags such as: #IncompetentMahama #FailedMahama #1TouchForBawumia #BawumiaForPresident These accounts…
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Analysis
Agyapadie Circus: A make-believe toxic politico-ethnic document for election
Months of surgical open-source investigations by DUBAWA and DAIDAC, both arms of the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID),…
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Fact Check
Hushpuppi did not execute $400,000 fraud from US’ prison
By Maxine Danso, Silas Jonathan Claim: A post on Facebook declares that Hushpuppi has committed a $400k fraud inside US…
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Featured
Pegasus: All you need to know about spyware that could erode your phone privacy despite encryption
Pegasus is a sophisticated spyware developed by the Israeli cyber-arms firm NSO Group that can be discreetly installed on mobile…
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Featured
DUBAWA’s fact-checking training holds in Liberia
Twenty-two Liberian journalists drawn from the country’s print, broadcast and online press will begin a four-day training in fact-checking training…
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Fact Check
Purported CNN bulletin photo claiming vaccinated COVID-19 patients eat other patients in hospital is fabricated
Claim: A photo purported to be a CNN live bulletin claims that hospitals are on lockdown as first vaccinated COVID-19…
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Explainers
Fighting Misinformation on Twitter: Intricacies of Twitter’s latest pilot feature ‘Birdwatch’
The preponderant influx of misinformation on social media and its injurious effects on audiences have been a prominent drive for…
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Election News
False: Akufo-Addo’s statement on a presumed “tribal agenda” to disenfranchise people in the far north of Volta was stylized.
Claim: A video on Twitter depicts Akufo-Addo as saying his tribal agenda is to disenfranchise people in the far north…
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Elections
Dated, doctored and false: The facts about viral video purporting Akufo-Addo was caught receiving $40,000 bribe as President
Akufo-Addo was caught on video accepting a bribe in 2017 in his capacity as President Forensic analysis on the viral…
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