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Tal Hanan (light-coloured shirt), Mashi Meidan (centre) and Shuki Friedman are three protagonists of the "Team Jorge" galaxy, according to “Forbidden Stories”.

Social media

Mercenaries of digital disinformation

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by Sonja Peteranderl
“ALTERNATIVE FACTS” by Sudanese artist Khalid Albaih.

Our view

Why the world needs to relearn what is true

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
Disinformation and fake news are rampant online, and digital media literacy is more important than ever.

Technology and ethics

“Data literacy is about building informed, active citizens”

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by Irene Mwendwa
by Milena Kaplan 
Our image is taken from one of Africa Check’s guides: “Africa Check’s guide to zombie claims: how to spot false information that just won’t die.”

Fact checking

Combating fake news

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by Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu
Filipino journalist and Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa is a champion of freedom of expression.

Civil-society organisations

Fighting the weaponisation of anti-fake news laws

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by Sangeeta Mahapatra 
by Janjira Sombatpoonsiri
by Andreas Ufen
At the plenary session of CGIAR Science Week.

Communication

Lost in acronyms

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
Mercy Mutemi is one of the plaintiffs’ lawyers.

Content moderation

Sorting out human horror for less than two dollars an hour

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by Alba Nakuwa
Protests against former President Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa in Manila in March following Duterte’s arrest.

Philippine humour

“Joke lang!” – “Just kidding!”: Political humour in the Philippines

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by Angelo R. Lacuesta
In February 2025, Argentina’s president Javier Milei presented Elon Musk with his “chainsaw against bureaucracy”, and Musk exclaimed: “I am become meme.”

Far right

How the far right uses humour and meme culture to its advantage

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by Mirco Göpfert
by Konstanze N’Guessan
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