Political parties in Nigeria are secretly paying social media influencers to spread false news about their opponents, a report by BBC states.
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“We’ve also given people gifts. Other people prefer to hear: ‘What do you want to do in government, be a board member, be a special assistant?’,” Godiya said.The politician added that political parties tell influencers to elicit as much emotion as they can with their paid posts. Yemi, who works as a strategist, said parties develop fake stories to improve their candidates’ chances.The whistle-blowers said the hired influencers are sometimes given tweets to publish, and other times, an idea that they should frame in their own words.
The whistle-blowers also said in situation rooms where political parties strategise and monitor their campaigns’ success, the performance of false narratives assigned to influencers are also monitored.
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