A Tool To Curb The Spread Of Misinformation And Disinformation Online.

Mwarabu Nina

April 11, 2022

Civically Online, Communication Strategies, Digital Media Literacy, Digital Technologies, Education And Skills, Emerging Technology, Global Crisis, Implementation Research, Innovative Solutions, Internet Communications

In collaboration with United Nations Development Programme Accelerator Lab Kenya and the Healthy Internet Project (HIP) incubated at Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED), Busara Center for Behavioral Economics conducted a live behavioral science experimental demonstration of the Healthy Internet Project (HIP) plug-in, an open-source web browser extension that allows users to flag content online anonymously: it is intended to help curb the spread of lies, abuse, and fear-mongering, as well as to uplift useful ideas on the internet.

Mwarabu Nina

March 14, 2022

African Civil Society, Emerging Technology, Innovative Solutions, Research, Science & Technology, Youth Mental Health

Collaborative Futures Workshop | How New Technologies Can Support Social Justice Organizations In East Africa.

Mwarabu Nina

March 14, 2022

African Civil Society, Emerging Technology, Innovative Solutions, Research, Science & Technology, Youth Mental Health

The Youth Café was invited for a 3-day Collaborative Futures Workshop, which is a hybrid hackathon and fellowship designed to help you, and fellow social justice organizations and leaders envision ways that emerging creative technology can expand your impact, understand how new technologies will shape your work and how we can change these technologies, and learn how to act on this knowledge in partnership with East Africa's boldest creatives and technologists using a Do It Yourself (DIY) ethos and active collaboration.

Malika Pyarali

November 3, 2020

E-propaganda, Social Media Campaigning

New Report | Fake News In the Age Of Social Media | E-Democracy And The Youth In Kenya

Malika Pyarali

November 3, 2020

E-propaganda, Social Media Campaigning

New Report | Fake News In the Age Of Social Media | E-Democracy And The Youth In Kenya

Social media is an unexpected giant that has now taken over all aspects of life. Businesses, churches, schools, restaurants, hotels, just to name a few, are now able to operate almost fully on social media. Social media are the interactive technologies that capacitate the creation and sharing of media and information by individuals. Platforms for such interaction constitute SMS-based messaging platforms (WhatsApp, FB-Messenger), Social Networking sites (Instagram, LinkedIn), Blogging Platforms (Wordpress, Blogger), Microblogs (Twitter, Tumlr) among others.