Digital Disinformation in Africa
Roberts, Tony / Karekwaivanane, George / Karekwaivanane, George / Roberts, Tony
In an era when hashtag campaigns like #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter capture global attention for victims of injustice, politicians and corporations are now spending billions employing Cambridge Analytica-type consultancies to manufacture disinformation - employing trolls, cyborgs and bots to disrupt dialogue and drown-out dissent. In the first study of its kind, this book presents a range of case studies of these emerging dynamics across Africa...