How fake news was weaponized in Nigeria's elections [CNN]
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How fake news was weaponized in Nigeria's elections The sitting president of Africa's largest democracy was forced to refute repeated claims that he had died and a clone was now running his office. "This is the real me," said Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari, dismissing the allegation as "ignorant rumors" after a period of ill health. For the avoidance of any doubt, the denial is pinned to his official Twitter page . Welcome to the Nigerian election season, where disinformation and propaganda are nothing new. But in the lead up to the 2019 presidential vote on Saturday, fake news "has been on steroids," says Lolade Nwanze, journalist and head of digital operations for the Guardian Nigeria newspaper. In this context, she's talking about fake news -- stories that are either entirely made up or shared out of context. Bankole Wellington, a popstar-turned-politician popularly known as Banky W , says he was the victim of a false claim on Twitter that he had received a bribe. "It was com
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