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  1. Pinned Tweet
    May 16

    📰 Are you a journalist or studying to become one? The 6th annual African Fact-Checking Awards are now open! Enter here:

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  2. Retweeted
    Jun 20

    🤔 Fact-checking doesn't work (the way you think it does) - by and

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  3. Retweeted
    22 hours ago

    What is being done to grow factchecking in Africa - by . Includes a few words from me.

    At the second Africa Facts meeting, organized by before started, around 30 people from seven countries across the continent shared best practices and common obstacles for fact-checking. Read the article by at:
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  4. 12 hours ago

    “The idea that fact-checking can work by correcting the public’s inaccurate beliefs on a mass scale alone doesn’t stack up... Fact-checking can work but not if this is all we do.”

    🤔 Fact-checking doesn't work (the way you think it does) - by and
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  5. Retweeted
    20 hours ago

    “The idea that fact checking can work by correcting the public’s inaccurate beliefs on a mass scale alone doesn’t stack up.” Amen. From ⁦⁩ ⁦⁩ ⁦⁩

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  6. 15 hours ago

    Did you know we're a signatory of 's code of principles? This lets you check the . Find out how this works here:

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  7. 16 hours ago

    😷 Recent newspaper reports suggested that inhalers, used by sufferers from lung disease, could be dangerous. Does data support these claims? We investigated.

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  8. 18 hours ago

    Want a quick and handy way to find relevant & reliable data? You need ’s Info Finder! Try it out here:

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  9. 21 hours ago

    ⚕️ Does kill "one child every 30 seconds in "? If the claim was correct, just over 1 million children would die on the continent each year. The most recent data does not show this:

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  10. Jun 20

    uPeter lo’, abamaziyo, abazange bambona! ✊🏾

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    I. Could. Not. Be. More. Proud. of any team than . At my send off tonight. ,
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  11. Retweeted
    Jun 20

    Important and interesting manifesto: "Fact checkers need to move from 'publish and pray' to 'publish and act'" from , , and

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  12. Retweeted
    Jun 20

    "Second generation fact checkers -like Full Fact, Africa Check, and Chequeado—do more than publishing fact checks. Our focus is on what we change not just who we reach. Our work is about power and accountability."

    🤔 Fact-checking doesn't work (the way you think it does) - by and
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  13. Jun 20

    🤔 Fact-checking doesn't work (the way you think it does) - by and

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  14. Retweeted
    Jun 20

    Of the coolest I've seen on , using Whatsapp audio messages as a podcast platform. Spread information where desinformation is spread. Clean the ecosystem. Great initiative by and

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  15. Retweeted
    Jun 20

    Inspiring to hear from (), (), Cris Chinaka () and () as they discuss discuss fact-checking elections across Africa

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  16. Retweeted
    Jun 20

    When mis&disinformation is shared widely on WhatsApp💡‘What‘s crap on WhatsApp?‘💡 “We encourage our subscribers to forward the message into their WhatsApp groups. In this way we expect the show will grow organically,”

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  17. Retweeted
    Jun 20

    How do you tackle misinformation on an encrypted platform like and tap into audio? & pick up the award for our new Whats Crap on WhatsApp? show.

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  18. Retweeted
    Jun 20

    's and 's telling about "What's Crap on WhatsApp?" 💩, winner of the 2019 IFCN Fact Forward Award!

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  19. Retweeted
    Jun 20

    Watch live here: Moderated by from , with from and Cris Chineka from

    Fact-checking African elections - insights from a great panel including
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  20. Retweeted
    Jun 20

    What are the challenges of fact-checking African elections? Catch our managing editor alongside Cris Chinaka of and Tendai Dube of in conversation with of at 9:30am GMT. Livestream here:

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