Mary Kamwati

Copy editor @PesaCheck

[PesaCheck @PesaCheck]

📚Who says fact-checking has to be hard?

@PesaCheck's @naomi__wanjiku has the scoop on how to make fact-checking a breeze. Get your facts straight with these three easy tips and readily available tools!

[Code for Africa @Code4Africa]

🚨Is that account you’re following a real person?

@Code4Africa + the #StoryKillers consortium reveal investigative reporter Anita Pettit is a disinfo-for-hire bot.

Read more on the investigation into the Israeli company behind it on @dailymaverick: https://t.co/Jk5eWkwlPy

[Code for Africa @Code4Africa]

📢 Introducing PesaYetu! A tool to boost your storytelling

PesaYetu, created by @Code4Africa, @kcomnet, @giz_gmbh + CAMECO gives journalists the chance to explore and report on 📊 data-driven stories that affect their community.

🔧 Explore the tool: https://t.co/KTphJ3MrZT

[Code for Africa @Code4Africa]

Time to take on the trolls ✊

We're collaborating with @Jigsaw & @TRF on Harassment Manager, a tool that helps you fight back against online abuse with help from our @AfricanCIR + @PesaCheck teams.

Learn more 👇

[Germany In Africa @GermanyInAfrica]

Code for Africa, (a partner to 🇩🇪's @dw_akademie) is combatting disinformation in Kenya ahead of the country's elections.

More on this project ⬇️⬇️⬇️
https://t.co/TYkDNQSMk5
🇩🇪 🤝 🇰🇪
#GermanyInAfrica

[Justin Arenstein @justinarenstein]

Do you have a #digitaldemocracy project idea, but need seed-funding/support?

@Code4Africa is helping establish a new African #CivicTech prototype fund w/ 5 other human rights orgs. Details below.

[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]

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

[Code for Africa @Code4Africa]

Want to expose #HateSpeech trolls and #misinfo puppets in 🇰🇪 + 🇪🇹?

@Code4Africa + @dw_akademie are offering 🔎 fact-checking fellowships for journalists, newsroom managers & civic society researchers.

Apply by July 18.
🇪🇹: https://t.co/OFngCGF0Ti
🇰🇪: https://t.co/mrF7bypW25

[Code for Africa @Code4Africa]

What does it take to ✔️ fact-check during an election?

Learn how to uncover influence operations with Senior Investigations Manager @Allan_cheboi during this third masterclass by @dw_akademie + @Code4Africa.

🗓️ 17 June, 3 pm EAT

Register: https://t.co/cw10Tb0uF0

#VoteForFacts

[Code for Africa @Code4Africa]

📢 Attention journalists, CSOs and researchers in 🇪🇹

Join us for the second session on fact-checking election #misinfo.

⏰ 10 June, 3 - 5 pm EAT

✍️ Register: https://t.co/KahsIfCWus

[Justin Arenstein @justinarenstein]

How do you defund #disinfo profiteers?

@Code4Africa's #TrustList builds on pioneering methodology from @DisinfoIndex + @RSF_en's #JournalismTrustInitiative to create automated real-time alerts warning advertisers if they try include known 👾 content mills in their campaigns.

[Justin Arenstein @justinarenstein]

Excited that *two* of @Code4Africa's #CivicTech tools have been shortlisted as finalists by the #USAfricaTechChallenge!

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CfA's customised version of @media_cloud tracks & analyses 1,000s of media in 21 African countries.

[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

[Code for Africa @Code4Africa]

It’s International Women's Day #IWD2021

@Code4Africa and #WanaData are declaring our support for the movement to #ChooseToChallenge the negative stereotypes that women face in the workplace.

👇Meet the CfA team members challenging gender inequality:

[Mary Kamwati @MaryMutisya]

@pamiemkiwa Hehe, am shocked unajua kutweet

[Mary Kamwati @MaryMutisya]

Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day, Have a great week.

[Mary Kamwati @MaryMutisya]

@WillisRaburu Good morning Willis...have a great day, will you?

[Mary Kamwati @MaryMutisya]

Its not the load that breaks you down, it is how you carry it ~ Lou Holtz. Good morning tweeps!!