A Twitter account posted a photo that claims to show death of civilians by drone attacks in Tigray. Haqcheck checked the claimed pictures and rendered it as False.

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/addis-ababa/false-the-image-doesn-t-show-victim-of-a-massacre-in-tigray

In the following disinformation summary HaqCheck discussed the major controversial and disinformative content that were circulating on Ethiopian social media landscape.

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/reports/From-the-new-administrative-map-to-the-role-of-drones-Weekly-disinformation-summary

A Facebook page posted a picture claiming to show a recent fighting between Benishangul People's Liberation Movement and government forces in the Benishangul-Gumuz region. Haqcheck interrogated the picture and rendered it as FALSE

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/false-the-image-doesn-t-show-recent-fighting-in-benishangul-gumuz-regional-state

በኢንፎርም አፍሪካ እና በአዲስ ዘይቤ ትብብር ተዘጋጅቶ የሚቀርበውን ሳምንታዊ የሀቅቼክ ፕሮግራም ዛሬ ማታ በዩትዩብ ቻናላችን ይጠብቁን https://youtube.com/c/AddisZeybe

A Facebook account posted an image claiming to show Sudanese protesters holding the Ethiopian flag in support of the Ethiopian defense forces on the Dec 30 rally. HaqCheck inspected the picture and rendered it as False

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/false-the-image-doesn-t-show-sudanese-protesters-holding-the-ethiopian-flag-during-a-recent-rally-in-support-of-the-endf

ቃና ቴሌቪዥን ካስተላለፈው አወዛጋቢ ካርታ እስከ ድሮኑን ጥቃት ባለፈው ሳምንት የተስተዋሉ ሀሰተኛ መረጃዎች የተዳሰሱበት ሳምንታዊ የሀቅቼክ ፕሮግራም።
https://youtu.be/_hmXM-CSezE

A Facebook page posted an image claiming to show a truck, belonging to TPLF, supposedly transporting army was destroyed by a drone attack. @HaqCheck looked into the picture and rendered it as #False. Read full
https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/false-the-image-doesn-t-show-a-truck-destroyed-by-a-drone-attack

Inform Africa, in partnership with IMS (International Media Support), is presenting a campaign that is targeted towards youth and young adults, aged 18 to 30.

If you are a social media influencer who wants to gain more knowledge about media literacy, content creation, and much more, then this campaign is for you!!!

Criteria for applying:
• Age: 18 to 30 years of age
• Must be active on at least one or more of the following social media platforms: Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Tik-Tok, and Telegram.
• Must be willing to participate in a media literacy campaign that will consist of 4 rounds of training, within 2 months interval.
Date and Place: To Be Determined

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For More Information, contact:
info@informafrica.com
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ኢንፎርም አፍሪካ - ሀገር በቀል ሲቪል ማህበር ከአይ.ኤም.ኤስ ጋር በመተባበር የወጣቶችን የሚዲያ አጠቃቀም የሚያዳብር ዘመቻ አዘጋጅቷል።

ዘመቻው ስለ ሚዲያ አጠቃቅም ንቃት፣ የሚዲያ ይዘት ፈጠራ እና ሌሎች ጉዳዮችን ለማውቅ ለሚፈልጉ የማኀበራዊ ሚዲያ ተፅዕኖ ፈጣሪዎች በሙሉ የተዘጋጀ ነው።

የምዝገባ ቅድመ ሁኔታዎች፤

እድሜ፡- ከ18 እስከ 30 አመት

በአንድ ወይም ካንድ በላይ ማኅበራዊ ሚዲያዎች ላይ ሰፊ ተሳትፎ ያላቸው፤ ተፅዕኖ የሚፍጥሩ

በተከታታይነት የሚዘጋጁ አሳታፊ የሚዲያ አጠቃቀም ንቃት ስልጠናና የመስመር ላይ ዘመቻ ላይ ለመሳተፍ ፍቃደኛ የሆኑ

ምዝገባው እስክ ጥር 15፣ 2014 ዓ.ም. ነው፡፡ ያለን ቦታ ውስን ስለሆነ አሁኑኑ ይመዝገቡ፡፡ https://forms.gle/PSuSu36HVxntMJ6W7

ለበለጠ መረጃ
info@informafrica.com
gelila@informafrica.com
+251930042578

#አሪፍነጋሪ
#ArifNegari
#medialiteracy
#Ethiopia

A Facebook page posted a video claiming to show a celebration marking the release of TPLF officials from prison. HaqCheck looked into the video and rated it #FALSE
https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/false-the-video-doesn-t-show-celebration-marking-the-release-of-tplf-officials

In the following summary, HaqCheck covers the major misinformative contents that caught our attention last week, along with recommendations. Check it out

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/reports/false-claims-that-caught-our-attention-last-week

ከ45 ሺህ በላይ ተከታዮች ያሉት አንድ የፌስቡክ ገጽ የወደመን የጭነት መኪና ምስል በማያያዝ የህወሓት ሃይሎች ላይ በድሮን እርምጃ ተወስዶባቸዋል በማለት ምስሎችን አጋርቶ ነበር። ይሁን እንጂ ሀቅቼክ ምስሉን አጣርቶ ሀሰት ብሎታል።

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/hasate-meselu-baderone-theqaate-yadarasabatene-yachenate-makinaa-ayaasaayeme

A Facebook post shared images with a claim that Fano and local militia checked the movements of the departing federal government army in Kobo town. HaqCheck fact-checked the images and rated the post #PARTLY_FALSE.

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/partly-false-the-images-don-t-show-local-militia-fano-checking-the-movement-of-the-departing-ethiopian-army

በማህበራዊ ሚዲያዎች ላይ ሰፊ ተሳትፎ ለሚያደርጉ ተፅዕኖ ፈጣሪ ወጣቶች በተዘጋጀው #አሪፍነጋሪ ዘመቻ ላይ እስከ ጥር 20፡ 2014 ዓ.ም ብቻ መመዝገብ ይችላሉ።

ያለን ቦታ ውስን ስለሆነ አሁኑኑ ይመዝገቡ።

#ArifNegari campaign, which is organized for young social media influencers, is only open for registration until January 28, 2022.

We have limited spots available, register now: https://forms.gle/PSuSu36HVxntMJ6W7
#አሪፍነጋሪ
#ArifNegari
#medialiteracy
#Ethiopia

ሀሰተኛ መረጃዎችን እንዴት መለየት እንችላለን?

ከማህበራዊ ሚድያ ተጠቃሚዎች ቁጥር መጨመር ጋር ተያይዞ የሀሰተኛ መረጃ ስርጭት በፍጥነት አድጓል። እነዚህ የሚሰራጩት መረጃዎች ለተለያየ አላማ ሊውሉ ይችላሉ ከእነዚህም ውስጥ ፦

• ፖሊቲካዊ እና ማህበራዊ ጫናን በመፍጠር ጥቅምን ለማግኘት
• ኢኮኖሚያዊ ጥቅምን ለማግኘት
• በበቀል ስሜት በመነሳሳት በግለሰቦች እና በአንድ ማህበረሰብ ላይ ጫናን ለመፍጠር ሆን ተብሎ ሊሰራጭ ይችላል።

በማህበራዊ ሚዲያው ላይ የሚሰራጩ ሀሰተኛ መረጃዎችን እንዴት መለየት እንችላለን ?

• የመረጃውን ምንጭ መለየት
• ከተለያዩ ምንጮች ጋር ማስተያየት ወይም ማመሳከር
• የተያያዙ ማስረጃዎች ወይም ማስፈንጠሪያዎች(Links) ካሉ በጥንቃቄ መመልከት
• የምስል እና የቪድዮ ማጣሪያዎችን መጠቀም (Google reverse image search, invid chrome)
• የመረጃ አጣሪዎችን (Fact Checkers) መጠየቅ

ያልተረጋገጠ መረጃ ከማጋራት ይቆጠቡ።
#HaqCheck #Ethiopia #CounterDisInformation #FactsMatter

ያለን ቦታ ውስን ስለሆነ አሁኑኑ ይመዝገቡ፡፡ https://forms.gle/PSuSu36HVxntMJ6W7

ባለፈው ሳምንት የተስተዋሉ የሀሰተኛ መረጃዎች እና አወዛጋቢ ጉዳዮች ስርጭት በ #ሀቅቼክ ተዳሷል ።

https://youtu.be/t8lqwK23KP4

Check out a summary of major misinformative and controversial issues observed during the third week of January.

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/in-case-you-missed-it-summary-of-major-misinformative-and-controversial-issues

This Annual report on disinformation in Ethiopia (2021) covers the causes, and the major actors in the dissemination of dis/misinformation along with the widely used platforms. Besides, the tactics used to deceive and manipulate are also covered in-depth.

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/reports/annual-report-on-disinformation-in-ethiopia

አሪፍ ነጋሪ ዘመቻ ላይ ለመሳተፍ ለሚፈልጉ ወጣት የማህበራዊ ሚዲያ ተፅዕኖ ፈጣሪዎች በሙሉ: ምዝገባው ሊጠናቀቅ ጥቂት ቀናት ብቻ ቀርተውታል::
እንዳያመልጥዎ
https://forms.gle/PSuSu36HVxntMJ6W7
#አሪፍነጋሪ
#ArifNegari
#medialiteracy
#Ethiopia