Entering the matrix of misinformation with Nanjala Nyabola

There's a lot of money to be made in the internet. People with good intentions and bad intentions are being driven by profit. So how does this shape our information ecosystem and where does the scope for action lie?

Read #NI552: Disinformation

Host: Maxine Betteridge-Moes

Credits: Maxine Betteridge-Moes (Producer), Nazik Hamza (Audio Editor), Mari Fouz (Logo Design), Amy Hall, Bethany Rielly, Conrad Landin, Nick Dowson (Co-editors), Paula Lacey (Editorial assistant), Samuel Raffnell-Williams (Sound design), Thomas Barlow, Impress (Media consultant)

Guest: Nanjala Nyabola

Further reading from this episode:

Strange and Difficult Times: Notes on a Global Pandemic by Nanjala Nyabola

Entering the Matrix of Misinformation

Red Letter Day (Conrad Landin in New Internationalist. Subscribe to read)

The Philippines Disinformation Machine (Don Kevin Hapal in New Internationalist. Subscribe to read)

Fact-checkers to the rescue? (Samira Sawlani in New Internationalist. Subscribe to read)

How Kiswahili tech terms are pushing for digital rights in East Africa (Maxine Betteridge-Moes in Quartz Africa)

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