The Standard Group Plc is a multi-media organization with investments in media
platforms spanning newspaper print
operations, television, radio broadcasting, digital and online services. The
Standard Group is recognized as a
leading multi-media house in Kenya with a key influence in matters of national
and international interest.
Earlier this year, an investigative report found that social networking giant Facebook, owned by Meta, was allowing hate speech and misinformation to snowball into violence in Ethiopia's ongoing ethnic clashes where hundreds continue to lose their lives and thousands displaced.
Analysis of social media content by various organisations including the European Institute of Peace (EIP) and the International Committee to Protect Journalists (ICPJ) found cases of fake news weaponised against polarised communities that served to derail debate and stoke more violence months before last year's regional elections.
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