Kenya: Election Misinformation Spreads Faster Than Facts Can Be Checked - 3 Insights From Kenya's Experience

[The Conversation Africa] Kenya went into its general election in August 2022 with one of the continent's most developed networks for countering false information.

Kenya went into its general election in August 2022 with one of the continent’s most developed networks for countering false information. After the disputed 2007 vote – when rumours helped drive violence in which more than 1,200 people were killed – a dense network of fact-checkers emerged in the country. This include