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In order to combat the spread of fake news, the government has set up an automated @WhatsApp group to provide credible and factual details around #COVID19 in the country.
Fruit d’une collaboration entre Facebook Inc., le Ministère de la Santé Publique et l’UNICEF, le Niger a officiellement lancé ce jour un « ChatBot » sur le réseau social Whatsapp, pour permettre à tous les utilisateurs de disposer d’informations fiables et à jour sur la situation du Covid-19 au Niger et pour répondre à tout questionnement autour de la maladie.
Anna Colom is a PhD student in the Department of Politics and International Studies at The Open University. Her research explores the role of WhatsApp in mediating the citizenship capabilities of young people in Western Kenya. In this article from The Open University she discusses what the COVID-19 pandemic and the digital divide in Kenya mean for people’s lives.