Justin Arenstein

RT @BilalTairou: ✊🏾 It Takes a Network to Fight Networks: Read our Statement of Solidarity as AFCA joins forces with African networks at th…

Have you been axed from a #journalism job? @Code4Africa has partnered with a continental coalition of media defenders to map the #MediaMeltdown across Africa. Tell us if your salary has been slashed, or if your job has been impacted. ✊🏽 Share here: https://t.co/JwKjQCVPsA https://t.co/o2LlXeEYKB

RT @ICFJ: Allegations against @AfUncensored, co-founded by @ICFJKnight award winner @johnallannamu, are an attempt to silence an important…

Interesting to see @YourAnonCentral focusing 🔎 on the shadowy #disinfo-for-hire industry that profiteers from subverting democracies, & polarising or radicalising societies "Disinfo" is an org crime problem, not a public literacy issue. We need to target the infrastructure. ✊

Anonymous @YourAnonCentral

Africa has an information crisis and the underlying cyber colonialism behind it Over recent years, social media and other digital platforms, amplified by algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI), have enabled vitriolic messages with hatred, delirium, and disinformation to https://t.co/GZAD9BVyaB

RT @riffyyyyy: .@Code4Africa's @justinarenstein calls disinformation campaigns "not a public-literacy problem, but an organized-crime probl…

RT @Code4Africa: When it comes to 👨🏾‍💻 online news globally, 59% are concerned about what is real and what is fake. The figure is considera…

RT @Code4Africa: According to the 2024 @risj_oxford Digital News Report, trust in the news remains low, selective news avoidance has risen,…

RT @Code4Africa: How do you get the news? “Video networks are becoming a more important part of news consumption, with more people startin…

RT @Code4Africa: “Building profitable estates on land we don’t own is unsafe. Media must control their own platforms to avoid over-reliance…

Why are Africans more concerned about #disinfo than audiences elsewhere? Find out @ Africa's launch of @risj_oxford's #DNR24 report, that drills into media trends in 🇰🇪+🇲🇦+🇳🇬+🇿🇦 Super proud @Code4Africa co-funded + co-produced it, for 3rd yr. ➡️ https://t.co/mfaAj9KxpE https://t.co/b09PKLPFxI

Networks of Russian-aligned "digital mercenaries" are systematically using @telegram + @WhatsApp to seed #disinformation across Africa that undermines @UN peacekeeping missions in 🇨🇫+🇨🇩+🇲🇱. The campaigns are design to incite locals, & be reshared. 🎯 > https://t.co/TAteZRQK98 https://t.co/k5yuVAC8or

Why is anti-Western #disinformation so effective? Because it resonates, deeply. Influence ops amplifies the hurt caused by ill-conceived Western policies. It ain't 🚀 science: if you exclude us, we have no reason to protect you. Here's how we fix it: https://t.co/gENwxNYlDc https://t.co/hPsGWh4JKY

RT @STRATCOMCOE: With trying to fight 🔥fire with 🔥fire, we normalize the propaganda environment. We cannot create more noise. @justinaren…

RT @ArmyPost: @STRATCOMCOE @NATO @LV_NATO 💬 "Perception is that democracy is in ‘crisis’, but apocalyptic language makes us feel we’re doom…

RT @MarietjeSchaake: The next set of speakers looks at the realities of AI and policy on the African continent ↘️ #AIstocktaking https://t.…

RT @MarietjeSchaake: Pulling no punches @justinarenstein says mis- disinformation are not an education issue, that is victim shaming. He pr…

RT @MarietjeSchaake: Powerful point by @justinarenstein who emphasizes that the fact that AI companies have not hoovered up all data in Afr…