[Civsoc-mw] Africa is not immune to scamming elections.

[cammack at mweb.co.za]

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/21/cambridge-analyticas-ruthles
s-bid-to-sway-the-vote-in-nigeria

 

see too what Cambridge Analytica did in Kenya, or claim to have done - its
in the Channel4 TV special (episode 1) this week.

 

Article 19 did a study of the 1999 election in Malawi and we found a vibrant
disinformation campaign, and reported on it there =
http://www.refworld.org/pdfid/4753d3c40.pdf = that was pre-IT data
manipulation but used the press/state controlled media.

 

Be prepared for 2019.

 

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