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Namibia: AI driving misinformation on social media – News

Namibia: AI driving misinformation on social media – News

Africa Links 24 with Martin Endjala
Published on 2025-03-27 09:35:06

The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) through its fact-checking finding report on the 2024 elections presidential elections and National Assembly, flagged artificial intelligence (AI) and social media as main drivers of mis- and disinformation.

The five-month report covering November 2024 to March 2025 is titled ‘Countering Elections 2024 Mis- and Disinformation’, and points out that AI influence in the elections was mostly used for smear campaigns, particularly on WhatsApp…

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