Trending   /     Crude fakes in Uganda

Description

A BBC investigation has uncovered a network of fake social media accounts seemingly working together to promote the Ugandan government and the East African Crude Oil Pipeline. Online, an information battle appears to be going on – one being waged by hundreds of social media accounts set on pushing narratives in line with those of the Ugandan government. As part of a coordinated campaign, they have been artificially inflating support for EACOP online and viciously targeting those that oppose the project – both at home and abroad. But who is behind these accounts? And how influential have they become?

Subtitle
Who's harassing Ugandan climate activists using fake accounts?
Duration
1213
Publishing date
2024-01-20 00:01
Link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct5d9f
Contributors
  BBC World Service
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Enclosures
http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-low/proto/http/vpid/p0h5sl6x.mp3
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