Social media platforms have made violence and harassment easy to perpetrate, and difficult to investigate. These platforms provide multi-faceted anonymity for offenders...
Author - Nyakerario Omari
Nyakerario J. Omari is a Kenyan writer and journalist with a passion for in-depth stories told through documentaries. She has an interest in reporting matters concerning health, crime and human rights.
“Isiolo has the largest forest cover with more than half of the County covered by trees,” reads a tweet (archived) shared on February 20, 2024. This statement claims...
In the wake of the devastating gas explosion that rocked Embakasi, Nairobi, on February 1, 2024, questions abound regarding the safety protocols, environmental impacts...
This post shared on the X platform claims to show a flooded road in Nairobi. It reads, “El Nino in Kenya si mchezo [El Nino in Kenya is not a joke]”. Broadly relating...
This tweet claims that the International Association for Athletics Federation (IAAF) has announced new marathon race rules. Part of the post reads, “Medals will now be...
This tweet and this other one, both shared a video claiming to show a phosphorous bomb lodged in Gaza by Israel. These claims are largely based on the ongoing conflict...
Video Showing a Child Supposedly Being Shot Is From a Movie, Not the Israeli-Palestinian War
A search query on X, formerly Twitter shows results of this tweet with a post claiming to show Israelis staging a video of an attack on children by Palestine’s militant...
Does This Video Show a Palestinian Girl Taking Part in the October 2023 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?
Since October 7, 2023, when an attack from the Gaza Strip against Israel was launched, a number of questionable videos and images have been shared regarding the Israeli...
A tweet shared on September 24, 2023, claiming to show a video of President Joe Biden stopping mid-sentence after being interrupted during an address is doctored...
This image has been shared quite a number of times, both on Facebook and Twitter. Posts attached to it claim that this is a street in Berlin, Germany named after Eliud...


