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Explainer: Is the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages harmful to human health?
Is the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages harmful to human health?
Aug 1, 20234 min read
Blog: What is Catfishing, and how can we avoid it?
What is Catfishing, and how can we avoid it?
May 29, 20238 min read
Common misconceptions about fact-checking and information verification
Common misconceptions about fact-checking and information verification
Apr 12, 20233 min read
Fact-check: A Facebook post saying banks in South Sudan are approving loans is a scam
Fact-check: A Facebook post saying banks in South Sudan are approving loans is a scam
Mar 2, 20233 min read
Social Media Health Report, January 2023
Social Media Health Report | January 2023
Feb 15, 20234 min read
Explainer: Beware of fake content that exploits emotions and clouds rational thought
Content that shocks or horrifies or makes us feel anxious or fearful is often used by disinformers. This week we show how our emotional responses are used to cloud rational thought and how disinformation can entrench stereotypes.
Feb 27, 20222 min read
Explainer: Using TinEye; Essential for Fact Checkers
TinEye is an image search and recognition company with experts in computer vision, pattern recognition, neural networks and machine learning with a mission to make images searchable.
Feb 2, 20225 min read
September 2021 South Sudan Social Media Health Report
A 211 Check, Defy Hate Now South Sudan Report Introduction The monitoring for this social media health report took place from September 1, 2021, to September 30, 2021. This month’s monitoring includes a comprehensive study of social media posts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and WhatsApp using CrowdTangle, Vicinitas, and Better TweetDeck platforms. The report’s content […]
Oct 7, 20217 min read
Covid-19 worsens the already distressed state of ‘Persons with Disability’ in South Sudan
By Woja Emmanuel Wani and Viola Elias – AFF Cohort 3 fellows South Sudan like other countries is battling to contain the spread of Covid-19 since the world youngest nation registered its first coronavirus case on April 5 2019 through a foreign national that travelled from the Netherlands via Ethiopia capital Addiss-Ababa and later to […]
Sep 20, 20215 min read
AUGUST REPORT: Politics, Sports and Cultural dabates rocked S. Sudan’s social media landscape
Author: Bida Emmanuel Introduction This social media health report is based on data collected during working days from August 1st to August 31st, 2021. The major goal of the report is to examine the main and most talked about conversations on various social media platforms. The report as well studies the overall dynamics of hate […]
Sep 6, 20214 min read
July 2021 Social Media Health Report
A report compiled by 211 Check Introduction During this reporting period, a total of 127 out 197 pages being monitored published nearly 15,000 posts at an average of 4.66 posts per day. The interactions were way up by +48.28% compared to the previous month. Most of the interactions were around President Kiir’s interview with Kenya’s […]
Aug 9, 20214 min read
ONLINE FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Recognizing and Avoiding ‘Social Media Scams and Hoaxes’
Online scams are becoming more prevalent, it is essential to check whether the information you see online is legitimate. Are you always cautious about content obtained online?
Jul 16, 202110 min read
The Online dominance of alternative media and how it contributes to mis/disinformation in South Sudan
A report compiled by Okech Francis and Emmanuel Bida, AFF-South Sudan fellows Background In South Sudan’s current developing media landscape, social media has become a national phenomenon and can be considered a mutiny to the news environment. This is because various users create their own content and curate the flow of information differently for […]
Feb 26, 20216 min read
Did you know that Facebook and Twitter have policies against Hate Speech?
It would be accurate to say that the biggest amounts of hate speech and misinformation are circulated on social media platforms, most notably Facebook and Twitter. This is not in the least surprising since most of these perpetrators feel powerful hiding behind the keyboard and therefore social media platforms provide the most expected outlets. But […]
Jan 12, 20212 min read
Low social media literacy: a disaster that has left many South Sudanese scammed
Just nine years down from independence after 21 years of brutal civil war with Sudan, South Sudan was left with no or poor infrastructural development. Specifically, technological development was as well left at a standstill. About a week ago, Tufts University ranked Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania leading countries in digital growth and development in East […]
Jan 12, 20213 min read
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Explainer: South Sudan’s debt burden and sovereign vulnerability
The combined total of these enforceable judgments, exceeding $1.65 billion, poses an immediate threat to the nation’s liquid assets and oil export streams.
Nov 5, 20251 min read
Fact-check: Yes, the 2018 revitalised agreement allocates positions to its signatories.
All positions at the executive were allocated according to the revitalised agreement under power-sharing arrangements, both at the national and state levels including the legislatures.
Oct 17, 20253 min read
Fact Check: No, Riek Machar has not been hanged, but is currently on trial.
The claim on social media that Dr. Riek Machar has been hanged for “crimes now we are free of all nonsense in South Sudan” is false and misleading
Oct 14, 20252 min read
Fact-check: No, this video is not showing the SSPDF violent attack in Wau.
There are no credible local media reports about the South Sudan People’s Defence Force (SSPDF) bombardment or attack in Wau today or recently.
Oct 14, 20252 min read
Fact-Checking & Information Verification In South Sudan
211 Check is South Sudan's first and only independent fact-checking and information verification flagship project established by Defyhatenow in March 2020 to counter COVID-19 dis/misinformation but has since grown in its scope of work. It became a signatory of the International Fact-checking Network's (IFCN) Code of Principles in March 2023.
If you believe that 211 Check is violating the IFCN Code of Principles, you can report this through the complaints page on the IFCN site.
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