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Crude fakes in Uganda

A ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Trending investigation exposes a sprawling network of fake social media accounts operating in Uganda.

A ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ investigation has uncovered a network of fake social media accounts seemingly working together to promote the Ugandan government and the East African Crude Oil Pipeline. Online, an information battle appears to be going on – one being waged by hundreds of social media accounts set on pushing narratives in line with those of the Ugandan government. As part of a coordinated campaign, they have been artificially inflating support for EACOP online and viciously targeting those that oppose the project – both at home and abroad. But who is behind these accounts? And how influential have they become?

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