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    If it cared, TikTok could inform not inflame Kenya’s political debate Odanga Madung

    Jul 08, 2022 3 minutes

    Over the past year, I have submerged myself in propaganda, trying to study the information nerve-endings of Kenyan politics. What I have uncovered is how the production of disinformation became a cottage industry in Kenya, how disinformation can be used as a tool to consolidate power, and how European far-right groups have tried to manipulate Kenyan platforms

    As I waded through all this content, I would always find several TikTok

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