Our lead fact-checker Rehobot Ayalew, on why countering disinformation on Facebook is crucial “Most of the people have low media literacy, so Facebook is considered to be credible … So working with Facebook, and also checking and verifying Facebook content, is the major way to counter this disinformation.”

Read the whole article by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism

https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2022-02-20/facebook-accused-of-letting-activists-incite-ethnic-massacres-with-hate-and-misinformation-by-survivors-in-ethiopia

A Facebook page with more than 60,000 followers posted four images claiming to show TPLF POWs captured recently in the war between the Afar region and TPLF. But, HaqCheck looked into the pictures and rated them False.

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/false-the-pictures-don-t-show-recent-tplf-po-ws-in-afar-region

ከ13 ሺህ በላይ ተከታይ ያለው የፌስቡክ አካውንት፣ “ከትግራይ የተዘረፉ ቅርሶች ለአለም ገበያ በዚህ አይነት ሁኔታ እየተቸበቸቡ ነው።” የሚል ጽሁፍ ከቪድዮ ጋር አጋርቶ ነበር። ይሁን እንጂ የፌስቡክ ፖስቱን ለመደገፍ የቀረበውን ቪድዮ ትክክለኛነት ሀቅቼክ መርምሮ ሀሰት ብሎታል።

https://am.addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/videyowe-kategeraaye-kelele-yatazarafu-thenetaawi-qeresocene-yaasaayaale

In the following summary, HaqCheck covers the major contents of disinformation that caught our attention during the third week of February.

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/reports/from-the-looted-artifacts-to-the-release-of-tamrat-negera-weekly-summary

A news website shared a news report titled, "Seven killed in #Ethiopia mine collapse", with a supporting picture. However, #HaqCheck confirmed that the image doesn't prove the claimed mine collapse incident and rated it #FALSE.

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/false-the-image-doesn-t-show-people-who-died-due-to-the-collapse-of-an-illegal-mine

An image was shared on Facebook on Feb 19, 2022 to support a claim that thousands of Eritrean troops were recently killed in Tigray. However, HaqCheck confirmed that the image doesn’t show Eritrean troops recently killed in Tigray and rated the post #FALSE.

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/false-the-image-doesn-t-show-eritrean-soldiers-recently-killed-in-tigray

Check out the summary of the major controversies and disinformation trend observed in the fourth week of February.
#counterdisinformation #weekly #Ethiopia #HaqCheck

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/reports/from-us-embassy-opening-a-consular-office-in-mekelle-to-people-killed-in-mine-collapse-weekly-summary

The process of the establishment of the Ethiopian National Dialogue Commission incited a number of controversies accompanied by contents of disinformation. HaqCheck looked into the trend and recommends social media audience be informed and cautious interacting over such issues to avoid the dire consequences of mis/disinformation.
https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/analysis/controversies-over-the-national-dialog-commission

የንግድ ባንክ ህንፃ ላይ ታየ የተባለው የዩክሬን ባንዲራ፣ የጀነራል ክንፈ ጉዳይ እና ሌሎች መረጃዎች በሀቅቼክ ተዳሰዋል።

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALJGBXlz2hk

#Scam Alert

ከዚህ ቀደም በSafaricom Ethiopia ስም ሲዘዋወሩ የነበሩ የተለያዩ ሀሰተኛ መልዕክቶች እና የማህበራዊ ሚዲያ ገፆች እንዳሉ ሀቅቼክ አሳውቆ ነበር። ነገር ግን እነዚህ መልዕክቶች እና ሀሰተኛ ገፆች ከጊዜ ወደ ጊዜ የተከታዮቻቸው ቁጥር እየጨመሩ እና እየተሰራጩ ይገኛሉ። በመሆኑም መረጃን ከታማኝ ምንጮች ብቻ በመውሰድ እራስዎን እና ሌሎችን ከአጭበርባሪዎች ይጠብቁ። የSafaricom Ethiopiaን ይፋዊ ገጾች ከታች በተቀመጠው ጽሁፍ ውስጥ ያገኙታል።

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/ataalaaye-saafaarikome-teyopheyaa-yashelemaate-edele-alaaqarabame

Incase you missed it: here is our monthly disinformation trend analysis. In this summary HaqCheck covers the major misinformative and controversial issues during the month of #February. Read full

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/reports/disinformation-trend-summary-during-the-month-of-february-2022

A Facebook account shared an image titled, “Menelik's brutality is remembered today at Chelenko" on the day Adwa Victory was celebrated. However, HaqCheck fact-checked the claim and confirmed that the image used to support the claim is old, and rated it FALSE

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/the-image-doesn-t-show-recent-rally-at-chelenko

በየካቲት 23 ፤ 2014 ዓ.ም ከ46 ሺህ በላይ ተከታይ ያለው አንድ የፌስቡክ ገጽ “ጨለንቆ ላይ የምኒሊክ አረመኔነት ታስቦ ውሏል” በሚል ጽሁፍ አንድ ምስል አጋርቶ ነበር። ይሁን እንጂ ሀቅቼክ የፌስቡክ ገጹ የተጠቀመውን ምስል ወቅታዊነት አጣርቶ ሀሰት ብሎታል።

https://am.addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/hasate-meselu-baqerebu-bachalaneqo-yatadaragane-hezebaawi-hunate-ayaasaayeme

A post appeared on Facebook claiming that Russia is going to establish Africa’s biggest nuclear reactor in Ethiopia. The post was shared as breaking news. However, HaqCheck interrogated the Facebook post and rated it MISLEADING

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/misleading-russia-will-not-construct-a-nuclear-weapon-manufacturing-but-a-nuclear-power-plant-in-ethiopia

A Facebook page shared an image on Mar 3, captioned, “GERD workers and soldiers from the defense force were attacked by Gumuz rebels while traveling from the dam to a metropolitan area.” However, HaqCheck inspected the image and rendered it False.

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/false-the-image-doesn-t-show-gumuz-rebels-who-attacked-gerd-workers

አንድ የፌስቡክ ገፅ በየካቲት 30 ፤ 2014 ዓም “ሩስያ በኢትዮጵያ ትልቁን የኒውክለር ማብላያ ልትከፍት ነው” የሚል ፅሁፍን አያይዞ አንድ ምስልን አጋርቶ ነበር። ይሁን እንጂ ሀቅቼክ የፌስቡክ ፖስቱን መረጃ አጣርቶ አሳሳች ብሎታል።

https://am.addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/asaasaace-ruseyaa-ba-teyopheyaa-yaniwekelare-xaayele-maamanechaa-eneji-yaniwekelare-yathore-masaariyaa-maameracaa-yamaaqwaaqwaame-eqede-yalaateme

A Facebook account shared a post captioned, “ TPLF moved a large number of troops marching towards the Eritrean border.” However, HaqCheck inspected the image and rendered it False.

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/false-the-picture-doesn-t-show-tplf-army-marching-towards-eritrea

In the following summary HaqCheck covered the viral contents of disinformation & controversies observed during the second week of March, along with important recommendations.

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/reports/from-russia-constructing-nuclear-reactor-in-ethiopia-to-procurement-of-40-million-liters-of-edible-oil-weekly-summary

በባለፈው ሳምንት በነበረን ቆይታ ከሰሞኑ የነበረው የባንኮች አወዛጋቢ ጉዳይ ፣ የሩስያ የኒኩሌር ማብላያ በኢትዮጵያ እና ሌሎች ጉዳዮች በሀቅቼክ ተዳሰዋል።

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGUvdHuChxA&t=1s

ከ290 ሺህ በላይ ተከታይ ያለው የፌስቡክ ገፅ “የህዳሴ ግድቡ ንብረት አመላላሽ የነበሩ ሰራተኞች በጉዞ ላይ እያሉ በጉሙዝ ታጣቂዎች ጥቃት ተፈጽሞባቸዋል” የሚል ፅሁፍን በማያያዝ አንድ ምስል አጋርቶ ነበር። ይሁን እንጂ ሀቅቼክ የምስሉን ትክክለኛነት መርምሮ ሀሰት ብሎታል።

https://am.addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/hasate-meselu-bataalaaqu-yahedaasee-gedebe-saraatanyoce-laaye-theqaate-yaadarasu-yagumuze-taathaaqiwocene-ayaasaayeme

A Facebook account shared a post claiming that, "a drone strike took place in the town of Shire." However, HaqCheck fact-checked the claim and confirmed that the collaged images were taken from old publications. Therefore HaqCheck rated it FALSE.

https://addiszeybe.com/featured/haqcheck/false-the-image-doesn-t-show-a-recent-drone-strike-in-shire