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Leading the investigation of dangerous speech, #disinformation and #socialmedia manipulation in the African context at the Digital Africa Research Lab
Jul 31, 2018 24 tweets 22 min read
#SocialMediaInNigeria
Weeks ago, I DMed @Rosanwo & @FamuyideOlawale about a BRAND NEW TV show which bought/borrowed an existing Twitter account with 80,000+ followers and thousands of 2015 pro-Goodluck/PDP & anti-Buhari/APC tweets, RTs

But today's lesson is about @67MillionYouth First, Twitter's policy is very clear "You may not buy or sell Twitter usernames." See here: help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-p…

2. There is an ongoing Twitter purge & I believe we have all learnt in the past month that fake followers and buying of followers are not allowed

#67MillionYouth
Jul 15, 2018 14 tweets 7 min read
Here’s all I have to say on cash-for-votes

People like to sit on their high horses and act as if it’s just the poor & uneducated who are paid for their votes.
Look at the appointments, the CBN-type jobs, the party tickets & the kings. Look at those who get the inflated contracts Look at yourselves.
Today, you’re tweeting about how politicians shamelessly pay for votes but when you meet the same politicians in person, you’re fighting for selfies instead of asking them to explain themselves.