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Dec 22, 2021
China’s COVID-19 messaging makes its way to South Africa
China leverages its investment in the South
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Jul 1, 2021
Paid influencers and sockpuppets drove social media campaign targeting South African banks
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Apr 6, 2021
Anatomy of a Twitter-augmented crypto scam
High follower accounts leveraged to amplify the reach of a
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Nov 13, 2020
South Africa social media users stoke racial tensions ahead of bail hearing of murder suspects
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Oct 30, 2020
Afrophobic South African Twitter accounts promote anti-Nigerian #SARSMustRise hashtag
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Oct 23, 2020
South African man capitalizes off of racially charged disinformation
Deon Venter used at least 143…
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Sep 22, 2020
Xenophobic Twitter campaigns orchestrated by former South African soldier
A dismissed member of the
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Sep 16, 2020
South African Twitter users misattributed as fake Chinese accounts
A Twitter thread incorrectly
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Aug 19, 2020
South African Twitter accounts gamed trending algorithms to promote prank political hashtags
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Jul 9, 2020
Government official monetized racial tensions on South African social media
Twitter account linked to
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