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How Big Tech Frames African Audiences As Intellectually Lazy. African social media audiences are not “dumb” - they are being conditioned. When Africans have to engage with western controlled information ecosystems, the engagement is never a fair one. Not in traditional media, and certainly not in digital media. It...

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Samuel Mburu: The attempt to block main coverage media will not succeed in this. We have the social media platforms which the youg people are tech savvy, and they have taken it upon themselves to share information from one place to another, they should embrace that Kenya has become digital. #GenZRevolt

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For decades, the West has spent billions of dollars in Africa, funding “research” “, innovation”, and “training” journalists, acquiring media houses in all but name, and backing social initiatives that do little or nothing to address the fundamental problems that Africa faces. Indeed, when it comes to supporting industrial, agricultural, pharmaceutical and military research that could actually improve Africa’s economic and political situation, these generous grants are nowhere to be seen from Western nations – only from the nations farther East, who Africans are meant to believe are their enemies. It is a new form of colonial domination dressed up as generosity, and African nations must wake up to this reality.

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It’s always easier for foreigners to travel to any African country, than it is for we Africans. It’s high time the western puppet African politicians/African union wake up and do away with those colonial borders.

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We need to relearn how to appreciate or criticize things for what they truly are, not through the lens of perceptions and expectations shaped by social media!

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I want my followers to understand that you SHOULDN’T insult South Africa as a country based on a few loud voices on social media who express racist or xenophobic views. South Africa has provided numerous opportunities to the world, particularly to Africans. If South Africans were truly xenophobic, Africans would not be living there in such large numbers today. The majority of South Africans are welcoming to all foreigners who are legally in the country and do not commit crimes. These foreigners work with South Africans, live with them, and many are married to South Africans. There is nothing to worry about in South Africa if you are there legally and not committing crimes. South African citizens have the right to express concerns about illegal foreign nationals and those who commit crimes. In Zimbabwe, illegal foreigners are often placed in dilapidated jails, and refugees are housed in camps like Tongogara in Manicaland. Generalisations are dangerous, especially when they taint and insult a silent majority that is not xenophobic. Local communities in South Africa have protected foreign nationals from a small, violent minority on many occasions. The South African government is not xenophobic either. If it were, Zimbabwean women, who make up 70% of pregnant women giving birth at Musina Hospital in Limpopo, would not be allowed there. We should be grateful for the South African hospitality we have received for decades. It is important to recognise that while xenophobia and racism may exist in certain pockets of society, these attitudes do not reflect the majority of South Africans or the country as a whole. Respecting the rights of South African citizens to voice concerns about illegal immigration and crime is important, as these are valid issues. However, it is equally important to avoid generalising these concerns to portray the entire nation as xenophobic or unwelcoming. If South Africans were truly xenophobic, parties like PA and Action SA would be in power today. The four largest political parties in South Africa have never used xenophobia as a campaign platform, which should be telling. Do not judge a nation's character based on a few loud, yet inconsequential voices on social media. They do not represent South Africa accurately. Countries are a product of their history. We shouldn’t draw comparisons with where we come from and insist that our hosts should behave as we do. If South Africans were to follow our practices in Zimbabwe, refugees would be in camps and illegal foreigners would be in jail! In Zimbabwe, refugees are not even allowed to work, if you are found working, you are thrown into jail. South Africa, on the other hand, provides equal legal rights in its courts to foreigners as it does to South Africans. These actions are not those of a xenophobic country. Zimbabwe has refused to issue documents to people of Malawian and Zimbabwean origin, and it has revoked the citizenships of many Zimbabweans whose great-grandparents came from elsewhere. In any society, you are going to have opportunistic politicians and unemployables who think that all their problems are caused by foreigners, we have them everywhere, but they shouldn’t be used to define a whole nation!

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234,378 views • 1 year ago

Dale Vince, "Axel Rudakubana was radicalised on social media.. He got his al qaeda manual from social media.. His recipe for ricin.. Violent videos" #BBCQT "Keir Starmer talked this week about the rise of violent content on social media.. I think one of the biggest things we can do to prevent this happening in the future is to control social media properly, and we don't do that at the moment" "The platforms run by Musk and Zuckerberg are promoting extreme content, extreme views" "Musk is trying to interfere in our democracy now through his platform X" "And of course the guy got his murder weapon from Jeff Bezos (Amazon)" "If you look at these three tech giants of the world, and we haven't kept pace with social media" "And after the terrible event in Southport, Musk stoked the riots with content on social media" "We shouldn't allow that" "He in effect aided an abetted the crimes that took place"
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Dale Vince, "Axel Rudakubana was radicalised on social media.. He got his al qaeda manual from social media.. His recipe for ricin.. Violent videos" #BBCQT "Keir Starmer talked this week about the rise of violent content on social media.. I think one of the biggest things we can do to prevent this happening in the future is to control social media properly, and we don't do that at the moment" "The platforms run by Musk and Zuckerberg are promoting extreme content, extreme views" "Musk is trying to interfere in our democracy now through his platform X" "And of course the guy got his murder weapon from Jeff Bezos (Amazon)" "If you look at these three tech giants of the world, and we haven't kept pace with social media" "And after the terrible event in Southport, Musk stoked the riots with content on social media" "We shouldn't allow that" "He in effect aided an abetted the crimes that took place"

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[MEDIA INTERVIEW] ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION PART 2: GLOBAL ISSUE Illegal immigration is not a South African problem it is an African and global problem. The question for us as the African continent is how do we deal with that. We must deal with the root cause of this, where people leave their country’s en masse. It is not only African people, we have European and Asian people coming into our country. We must ask ourselves how did they go through the countries of departure without the correct papers. This is a global crisis, that requires government to formulate a response to this. What we can’t allow is for our country to be described as a xenophobic country. We are a people of Ubuntu. #TheYearOfDecisiveAction

ANC SECRETARY GENERAL | Fikile Mbalula

57,400 views • 13 days ago

NSA Ajit Doval saab on information warfare and social media narrative control: 📍 Be the first respondents on social media. The trash narrative comes within 4 hours, dominate it with truth. 📍 We don't have a lack of PATRIOTS. We need to counter social media through social media itself. ​Some people ask if the govt should make laws for this. While there are laws for threats to life and security, simply suppressing voices on social media can often have a more negative effect. It is better to engage and let the truth counter the falsehoods through the people themselves.
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NSA Ajit Doval saab on information warfare and social media narrative control: 📍 Be the first respondents on social media. The trash narrative comes within 4 hours, dominate it with truth. 📍 We don't have a lack of PATRIOTS. We need to counter social media through social media itself. ​Some people ask if the govt should make laws for this. While there are laws for threats to life and security, simply suppressing voices on social media can often have a more negative effect. It is better to engage and let the truth counter the falsehoods through the people themselves.

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