Past Kenyan disinformation campaigns relied on fake graphics with false quotes, altered newspaper covers and fabricated articles attributed to local media outlets. Now, AI-generated propaganda videos and doctored news bulletins are part of the arsenal. — Pixabay
NAIROBI: When software developer Rose Njeri created a pro-democracy tool to help Kenyans object to a contested finance bill, she was thrown in jail and targeted by an online smear campaign.
Njeri is the latest victim of a sophisticated online apparatus that targets and harasses government critics in Kenya, where rights groups warn of an escalating crackdown on public dissent.
