By Calvin Rock and Tracy Anne Bonareri On July 8, a topic began trending on X, quickly rising to the top, in the process sparking controversy online. The hashtag #GayZ...
Author - Calvin Rock
Calvin is a budding writer and journalist passionate about social and environmental justice. He is enthusiastic about open source investigation and developmental reporting. He currently works at Africa Uncensored as a reporter and fact-checker.
Climate change is an existential threat to nature and humanity. Science is rife with evidence of climate change from erratic weather patterns to global warming and...
Deflection Tactics: How A Coordinated Online Campaign Tried To Blame Ex-Agriculture CS Peter Munya For “Fake Fertilizer”
On March 10, Africa Uncensored published Fertile Deception, an investigation into how SBL Innovate, a company that had a deal to distribute fertilizer through the...
Faux Forex & Criminal Crypto: The WhatsApp Groups and Fake Accounts Duping Investors Online
Foreign exchange (Forex) and cryptocurrency trading platforms are increasingly popular among investors. While many of the sites where this trade happens are legitimate...
This post on X (archived here) claims to show “Bogeche Stadium in Kisii” with an accompanying image of a soccer pitch. Background In 2013 Former...
This post on X (archived here) contains a video of a tree gushing water from its trunk. The post claims that the tree is from Kisii. Background Kisii is a region in the...
A message that is doing rounds in WhatsApp groups supposedly announces the “America Visa Lottery 2023/2024”, claiming that the “form is open”. A link is then provided in...
This tweet (archived) claims that the video attached is of an Al-Shabaab attack on American troops at the Kenya-Somalia border. The tweet also states that Kenyan and...
This post on X (archived here) claims that the image shown is of Rongo town at night. The image shows a well-lit highway with traffic at night. Background Rongo Town is...
A tweet (archived here) contains a video of a chopper spinning out of control and nearly crash landing. Part of the tweet says “Raila Odinga trying to access DCI today...