Is social media disinformation a threat to Kenyas election?
In much of the world, social media platforms are the number one source of information for young people.\n \nSo it\u2019s disturbing that several reports have been released showing that Kenya\u2019s social media space is being flooded with misinformation, fake reports and distorted truths \u2013 all aimed at misleading voters ahead of the general elections this August.\n \nThe latest includes findings by the Mozilla Foundation which discovered manipulated TikTok videos spreading political lies and ethnic hatred - viewed over four million times before the platform took them down. In the previous 2017 campaign, Cambridge Analytica did the same through Facebook, curating content in favour of the political party which eventually won the election.\n \nFor Africa Daily, Alan Kasujja hears from the fact-checkers and crusaders fighting to keep the online space honest\u2026 as well as from a young social media user trying to sort truth from fiction
Presenter: Alan Kasujja (@kasujja)