“Aren't we all journalists?” Citizen journalism, disinformation and the weaponization of social media in conflict torn Mali

M de Bruijn, B Mutsvairo, L Bruls, MG Cissé… - …, 2025 - journals.sagepub.com
The study combines domain expertise and computational community detection to uncover
what role citizen journalists and social media platforms play in mediating the dynamics of …

Detection of Offensive and Threatening Online Content in a Low Resource Language

FM Adam, AY Zandam, I Inuwa-Dutse - arxiv preprint arxiv:2311.10541, 2023 - arxiv.org
Hausa is a major Chadic language, spoken by over 100 million people in Africa. However,
from a computational linguistic perspective, it is considered a low-resource language, with …

Detection and Analysis of Offensive Online Content in Hausa Language

FM Adam, AY Zandam, I Inuwa-Dutse - 2024 - researchsquare.com
Hausa, a major Chadic language spoken by over 100 million people in Africa, faces a
challenge in the digital age. While widely used, it is considered a low-resource language …

[PDF][PDF] Taming Toxic Talk: Detecting Offensive Online Content in Hausa

FM Adam, AY Zandam, I Inuwa-Dutse - 2024 - assets-eu.researchsquare.com
Hausa, a major Chadic language spoken by over 100 million people in Africa, faces a
challenge in the digital age. While widely used, it is considered a low-resource language …

The Permissibility of Restriction of Access to Social Media Platforms: A Study of States' Regulatory Control over Social Media Platforms in Africa

PO Ayansola - 2024 - doria.fi
Freedom of expression is a fundamental right in democratic societies. The advent of social
media platforms has catalysed a profound shift in the communication landscape. These …