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🌍 THREAD: As the world fights to curb #coronavirus, Africa faces a unique challenge: tackling #misinformation fuelled by a deep distrust of government. Our fact checkers around the continent explain (1/5) 🕵️ u.afp.com/3Tz5
Conspiracy theorists in #Nigeria said the government made up COVID-19 cases there to cash in on international funds 💰 while viral online posts recommend eating onion to ward off the disease (2/5)
False rumours in #DRC include claims #coronavirus was created by the state to control the population 👩‍⚕️ Suspicions are fanned by misinformation, leading to attacks against health workers (3/5)
🇿🇦 Fake hotline numbers circulating in #SouthAfrica prompted the government to launch a WhatsApp support line 🤔 Many remain wary of the official narrative amid perceptions of corruption and incompetence, @TendyDube reports (4/5)
@TendyDube In #Kenya, police have detained two people for peddling false #coronavirus claims online, but critics say authorities are clamping down on freedom of speech #CoronavirusFacts Read more here 🔍 u.afp.com/3Tz5 (5/5)
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🇳🇬 THREAD: A voice message circulating on WhatsApp in Nigeria claims that anti-malaria drug chloroquine can cure #coronavirus #coronavirusfacts (1/5) factcheck.afp.com/chloroquine-ha…
That's misleading 🤔 A Chinese study found the drug was promising, but trials are still underway. The @WHO says scientists are still working on a possible vaccine (2/5)
@WHO The voice message recommends taking 500 mg of chloroquine for eight days - a significantly higher amount than recommended doses (3/5)
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🇨🇦 Ahead of tonight’s debate in Canada, a look at viral misinformation we’ve seen:

False information about assistance to refugees is regularly shared on social media.

No single refugee receives $3,874 each month from the government u.afp.com/2016Invoice
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It’s also important to note that refugees do not get more financial help from the federal government than Canadian pensioners u.afp.com/oRyG
#elxn43 #cdnpoli
Speaking of pensions, Canada has a board, independent of the government, which manages retirement savings.

Claims that PM Justin Trudeau “took” $2 billion from Canada’s retirement fund and gave it to housing projects in India are false u.afp.com/CPPIB
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These two juxtaposed photos were retweeted over 35,000 times with the caption “perspective matters”. Perspective matters, and so do dates and places… because these two photos were taken on two different days in two different places, in Paris 🔍
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Criticism of media coverage is legitimate, but this isn't the best example of it. These photos were taken on 2 different days in 2 separate places… and AFP did not find a single photo combining a scooter on fire and the Arc de Triomphe in the background
2/8
In Spanish, the juxtapositions were framed as, "Here is how photographers covering a demonstration in Paris turn a small fire into hell." This website flatly accuses AFP of deception… even though AFP did not take either of the frames
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#Thread: Saudi Arabia recently invited many celebrities around the world, to improve the reputation of Saudi Arabia, to hide the truth about Saudi Arabia. To make everyone in social media thinks Saudi has really changed! In this thread I'll just talk about Saudi women rights.
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#THREAD Alors là nous avons (encore) un cas très intéressant :

Des factcheckers accusés par l'algo de Facebook de répandre de la fausse information parce qu'ils font de la....c-u-r-a-t-i-o-n sur les fake news.

Rien de d'intentionnel certes. Juste un modèle trop bien entraîné 🔽
Facebook, avec Google, doit sûrement avoir les meilleurs ingé et dev au monde. Des spécialistes en ML parmi les plus fins et les plus smart. Là on se dit : "nan mais les gus ne peuvent pas faire de la régulation avec un modèle/algo qui ne discrimine pas l'intentionnalité" 🙄🤷‍♂️
Hein on se le dit ? On y pense forcément ? Le/la décideur qui pense que les algos, en 3 bouts de code et quelques lignes tapées hâtivement sur un clavier, vont nous sauver des fake news, de la haine et de la peste, il/elle y pense lui/elle.
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