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Twitter and Facebook won’t counter disinformation in the upcoming Kenyan elections · Global Voices

Kenya’s election is famously known for the proliferation of disinformation through social media platforms. During the 2017 elections, Twitter bots accounted for a quarter of influential voices on Twitter with the primary goal of disseminating negative narratives about major issues, political candidates and perceived electoral abnormalities.

Early this year,  bloggers belonging to the camp of Willian Ruto, Kenyan deputy president and a presidential contender, shared a video across Twitter with the hashtag #Railathebetrayer, which trended and influenced conversations on that social media platform. The goal of the campaign was to expose Raila Odinga, a key contender, who is alleged to have betrayed other politicians in his political career.

Kenya’s upcoming elections are already experiencing a bumpy ride as political contenders are engaging in intense accusations. In addition, disinformation campaigns are already on the rise across Facebook and Twitter, without any proper tools to curb them.

The 2021 Reuters Institute Digital News survey indicated that 75 percent of news consumers in Kenya find it hard to distinguish between what is real and what is fake online. Also, political misinformation is known to spread three times faster than any type of misinformation on social media platforms.

This is worrying for citizens because politicians and foreign influencers will weaponize these social media platforms to advance harmful narratives that will undermine the integrity of the Kenyan elections.

Source: Twitter and Facebook won’t counter disinformation in the upcoming Kenyan elections · Global Voices

8 Customer Service + Health Care Tips + Pod31: C. Levy’s Book Art

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Click H-E-R-E for my podcast page at AnchorFM. This week’s show is the audio version of the post below this blog post of “Book Art by Cecilia Levy.”

At the Happiness Between Tails podcast page, you’ll also find links to subscribe, hear, and share it via most any platform, from Spotify and Apple Podcasts, to Google Podcasts and Pocket Casts, along with RadioPublic and Castbox and Stitcher and more, plus an RSS feed. Check out the full list of 50+ places.

Are you a creative novelist like me or work at anything else for which there’s never enough time? For too many people, precious moments are squandered ironing out business issues with health care agencies, stores, and all manner of institutions. The one silver lining is that any time a…

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Fox Host Wants To BAN Public Schools

Unbelievable attack on America!!!

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Fox News host Kennedy revealed the Republican Party’s master plan live in an appearance on the network, calling for an end to public schooling supplemented by the federal government. Republicans want nothing more than to privatize education and push marginalized groups, especially the poor and working classes, to the edges of society while rewriting curriculums to their liking. “Fox News host Kennedy just casually suggests that public schools should be eliminated. “A great time in our country’s history where we rethink whether or not we have public schools. Maybe we should not have the government involved in education at all.””

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Studies provide insight into COVID-19 spread, differences among variants – UPI.com

People infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 remain contagious for up to nine days after initially testing positive, a study published Thursday found. Spread also appears to differ significantly between variants.
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