{"id":1826093,"date":"2024-10-18T03:41:33","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T07:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gijn.org\/uncategorized-ha\/how-journalism-groups-in-africa-are-building-ai-tools-to-aid-investigations-and-fact-checking\/"},"modified":"2024-10-18T03:41:33","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T07:41:33","slug":"how-journalism-groups-in-africa-are-building-ai-tools-to-aid-investigations-and-fact-checking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gijn.org\/ha\/riyoyin\/how-journalism-groups-in-africa-are-building-ai-tools-to-aid-investigations-and-fact-checking\/","title":{"rendered":"How Journalism Groups in Africa Are Building AI Tools to Aid Investigations and Fact-Checking"},"content":{"rendered":"

The spread of mis- and disinformation in Africa has seen everything from outlandish conspiracy theories to falsehoods about vaccines to dubious political messaging reach people across the continent. False information has incited violence and spread racist, misogynistic, and xenophobic messages, while an erosion of trust online has paved the way for fabricated content, including that which serves the political agendas of those spreading falsehoods, to thrive in an already uncertain information environment. <\/p>\n