The African Network of Centers for Investigative Reporting (ANCIR) is a coalition of the continent's best muckraking newsrooms and centers.
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ANCIR retweeted
2 Dec 2021
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 🔎
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ANCIR retweeted
1 Dec 2021
"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"
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ANCIR retweeted
1 Dec 2021
"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.
👁🗨 bit.ly/GDILaunchKE
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ANCIR retweeted
12 Nov 2021
Thrilled to welcome @211Check as our 1st indigenous 🇸🇸 fact-checking partner in South Sudan, to help combat local #misinformation and #hatespeech.
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We are pleased to have been selected for the @Code4Africa fact-checking incubation program designed to strengthen our capacity to combat hate speech and dis/misinformation in #SouthSudan
#SSOT #FactsMatter #HateFreeSouthSudan
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ANCIR retweeted
11 Nov 2021
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 onlineharassmentfieldmanual.…
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ANCIR retweeted
3 Nov 2021
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.
3 Nov 2021
Thank you to the Fact checkers at @PesaCheck for their due diligence in confirming that this is my only Legitimate Twitter account and that all others are imposters and should be ignored. Thank you 🙏🏾
pesacheck.org/fake-this-twit…
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ANCIR retweeted
2 Nov 2021
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
2 Nov 2021
CASM Tech and @ISDglobal are running a real-time climate disinfo monitoring unit over #COP26 - teaming up with Avaaz, Climate Nexus, Code for Africa, (CAN), DCC, Global Witness, Greenpeace, Purpose, Friends of the Earth U.S and Stop Funding Heat. Ping @jkingy for daily bulletins
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ANCIR retweeted
15 Oct 2021
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.
15 Oct 2021
Africa's fact-checking community has lost one of its pioneers, @Musembi_Mutisya, who was @PesaCheck's Anglophone editorial assistant.
Colleagues remember Musembi, who died on October 6, as kind, helpful and meticulous.
Read our tribute to Musembi here: pesacheck.org/pesacheck-mour…
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ANCIR retweeted
13 Oct 2021
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 onlineharassmentfieldmanual.…
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ANCIR retweeted
12 Oct 2021
Starting soon: Learn to track toxic #misinformation 👾
@Code4Africa's Dawit Hassen shows you how to use civicsignal.africa's MediaCloud platform to monitor #misinfo narratives with real-world examples.
💻 Register here to watch the session live: aijc.africa/register
ALT Addis Ababa, 12 October. Learn how to monitor misinformation online: An introduction to CivicSignal's MediaCloud platform.
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ANCIR retweeted
29 Sep 2021
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: bit.ly/3neovvw
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ANCIR retweeted
23 Jul 2021
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: bit.ly/3rsOHTx
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ANCIR retweeted
5 Jul 2021
Happy that, after months of planning, our 1st indigenous language fact-checking fellowships in Ethiopia 🇪🇹 are launching.
2 Jul 2021
በዘርፉ ባለሞያዎች እና በዘመናዊ ቴክኖሎጂዎች የታገዙ ዘመናዊ የመረጃ ማጣራት ዘዴዎችን ይማሩ። ስልጠናው በ @Code4Africa እና @dw_akademie የተዘጋጀ ነው
ከሐምሌ 8, 2013 በፊት ይመዝገቡ bit.ly/3x60gBR [2/2]
ALT የተዛባ መረጃን ይከላከሉ ! ልዩ የመረጃ ማጣራት ስልጠና ይውሰዱ ከሐምሌ 8, 2013 በፊት ይመዝገቡ
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ANCIR retweeted
25 Jun 2021
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. ✊🏽
24 Jun 2021
1/8 My latest report for @DFRLab looks at a pro #Eritrea propaganda report, written by a mysterious think-tank, that uses fact-checking tropes to push the narrative that Eritrea has been used as a scapegoat during the #Tigray crisis.
medium.com/dfrlab/eritrean-r…
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ANCIR retweeted
24 May 2021
@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
youtube.com/watch?v=RdhLI34X…
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ANCIR retweeted
5 May 2021
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: bit.ly/3eioyl6
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ANCIR retweeted
27 Apr 2021
Thrilled to see @Code4Africa's #LungsOfTheEarth initiative led by @JacopoOttaviani making the investigative journalism network's global Top 10.
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25 Apr 2021
The Virunga National Park is home to one of the most extensive tropical forests in the world. #LungsOfTheEarth project tells the story of this remarkable ecosystem and the people taking care of it. Top 10 #ddj buff.ly/32CE98y @JacopoOttaviani @pulitzercenter @Code4Africa
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ANCIR retweeted
25 Mar 2021
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
Mise en place officielle à Saly, du réseau régional de fact-checkers contre la #desinformation en Afrique de l'Ouest.
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#Factchecking
#infodémie
#coronavirusFacts
@UNESCO @UEauSenegal @Code4Africa
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ANCIR retweeted
23 Mar 2021
🔎 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
ALT An event poster in French: "Réseau régional de fact-checkers contre la désinformation en Afrique de l’Ouest. Mars 23-24, 9-17:30 GMT." The event speakers are: Bilal Tairou: Rédacteur en Chef Desk Francophone PesaCheck (Projets Spéciaux) Nadia Lawson: Analyste de données & Coordonnatrice WanaData Dakar Christian Ngnie: Analyste de données d’Investigation iLAB
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ANCIR retweeted
23 Mar 2021
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.
icirnigeria.org/thirst-in-th…
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