ANCIR

The African Network of Centers for Investigative Reporting (ANCIR) is a coalition of the continent's best muckraking newsrooms and centers.

[Justin Arenstein @justinarenstein]

Key insights here into how African governments/political parties are increasingly adopting #disinfo influence ops tactics to subvert domestic democratic processes.

@Code4Africa has 3 separate teams investigating this stuff. DM me if you have something we should be 🔎

[Justin Arenstein @justinarenstein]

"Research suggests #misinfo isn't main challenge ahead of 🇰🇪's 2022 elections ... real problem is amplified propaganda" warns @AMediaHub director @rookell

She cites #disinfo investigations by @Code4Africa + @AfricanCIR as key 🔎

"Priority now is turning evidence into action"

[Justin Arenstein @justinarenstein]

"The internet is funded by advertising ... virtually all the content on it is supported by major mainstream advertisers."

"We can - and should - defund #disinfo and harmful content."

@DisinfoIndex & @Code4Africa analyse how 🇰🇪 media can do so.

👁‍🗨 https://t.co/C6Eu2EjmyO

[Justin Arenstein @justinarenstein]

Thrilled to welcome @211Check as our 1st indigenous 🇸🇸 fact-checking partner in South Sudan, to help combat local #misinformation and #hatespeech.

🚀

[PEN America @PENamerica]

Online abuse is intended to intimidate and silence people. Learn how to defend yourself with @PENAmerica, @Code4Africa, and @PesaCheck's new French-language Manual for navigating online abuse. #FightOnlineAbuseNow https://t.co/3yVDNpLadA

[Justin Arenstein @justinarenstein]

Identity theft, often by politically motivated 👾 #disinformation sock-puppets, remains a major challenge for elected officials in Africa.

Shout if you'd like our forensic teams at @PesaCheck or @AfricanCIR to help investigate a questionable account.

[Justin Arenstein @justinarenstein]

Have any climate denialist or #COP26 related #misinfo you'd like fact-checked? Or are you seeing coordinated #disinformation around the issues?

@Code4Africa is part of a global consortium investigating influence ops. Shout if you have leads you want us to look into

[Justin Arenstein @justinarenstein]

A major loss.

@Musembi_Mutisya trained 100s of fact-checkers across Africa, while helping us build data-driven systems to better monitor elections & debunk #misinfo.

[craig newmark @craignewmark]

Online harassment is a direct threat to free expression. @PENamerica joined forces w/ @Code4Africa & @PesaCheck to launch a new French-language Manual for navigating online abuse w/tools & tips to protect yourself & fight back. #FightOnlineAbuseNow https://t.co/ftV3q4TCEj

[Code for Africa @Code4Africa]

Starting soon: Learn to track toxic #misinformation 👾

@Code4Africa's Dawit Hassen shows you how to use https://t.co/7mwiJqnyEm's MediaCloud platform to monitor #misinfo narratives with real-world examples.

💻 Register here to watch the session live: https://t.co/QizMhkpi1i

[Justin Arenstein @justinarenstein]

How we fight 👾: Real-world solutions to #disinfo

@SentinelProject's @ctuckwood joins @NDI's Kaleigh Schwalbe & @Code4Africa's @Allan_cheboi at the @CodeforAll Summit to explore the #CivicTech tools we use against trolls & hate

⏰ 3pm CAT

🎟️ Watch here: https://t.co/JmWJxEQ6Fg

[Code for Africa @Code4Africa]

Do you want to help fight #misinformation?

Register now for 8 weeks of hands-on #FactCheck training by international @UNESCO + @Code4Africa experts. You'll get access to powerful 🔍 tools + 🤖 resources to debunk toxic #misinfo.

⏰ Apply by July 30: https://t.co/uLEIa8n504

[Justin Arenstein @justinarenstein]

Happy that, after months of planning, our 1st indigenous language fact-checking fellowships in Ethiopia 🇪🇹 are launching.

[Justin Arenstein @justinarenstein]

The 👾 trolls are trying to muzzle @awildknight for publishing this great #disinformation investigation, by filling her inbox with hate & conspiracy accusations.

The facts speak for themselves though. ✊🏽

[Peris Gachahi @PerisGachahi]

@Code4Africa @AfUncensored show how the President's interview with Mt.Kenya fm stations in January sparked 5 trends that spread narratives against the different sides of Kenya’s political divide, using coordinated amplification @dw_akademie @Allan_cheboi
https://t.co/qdHAM5VNP9

[Justin Arenstein @justinarenstein]

Want to understand religious extremism vs tolerance in 🇸🇩 & 🇳🇬?

@Code4Africa and @AyinSudan have partnered w/ support from @ICFJ to offer 🤲🏽-on #datajournalism & #InvestigativeJournalism training for journalists in Sudan + Nigeria.

Get the details here: https://t.co/fyRhQdPO0N

[Justin Arenstein @justinarenstein]

Thrilled to see @Code4Africa's #LungsOfTheEarth initiative led by @JacopoOttaviani making the investigative journalism network's global Top 10.

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[Justin Arenstein @justinarenstein]

Lancé! 🚀

@Code4Africa & @PesaCheck are proud co-founders of Francophone Africa's 1st network of indigenous fact-checking organisations

🇧🇯🇧🇫🇨🇮🇬🇳🇲🇱🇳🇪🇸🇳🇹🇬

✊🏽Ensemble, Luttons contre la désinformation!

Supported by @UNESCO_Dakar + @UEauSenegal💥

#infodémie
#CoronavirusFacts

[Code for Africa @Code4Africa]

🔎 Strengthening fact-checking in West Africa

@Code4Africa, in partnership with @unesco_dakar + @UEauSenegal, is working to equip Francophone fact-checkers with the tools they need to fight #misinfo 🕵🏾‍♀️

💬 Here are highlights from our team at the workshop:

#CoronavirusFacts

[Justin Arenstein @justinarenstein]

Turning #opendata into hard-hitting 💥 journalism.

#WanaData fellow @Jennifer_fact digs into why residents of #Nigeria's largest 'stilt city' don't have safe 💧 despite living on a lagoon.

The report in @TheICIR is part of our @CodeforAll partnership.

https://t.co/IC5e71eJfD