{"id":1877,"date":"2023-01-29T10:00:06","date_gmt":"2023-01-29T10:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/?p=1877"},"modified":"2023-01-29T10:00:06","modified_gmt":"2023-01-29T10:00:06","slug":"job-scams-most-common-form-of-disinformation-on-social-media-platforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/2023\/01\/29\/job-scams-most-common-form-of-disinformation-on-social-media-platforms\/","title":{"rendered":"Job scams most common form of disinformation on social media platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1674980621395blob-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1674980621395blob-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1674980621395blob-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1674980621395blob-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1674980621395blob-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1674980621395blob-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1674980621395blob-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/1674980621395blob-1980x1320.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mrs Leah Kimathi peace and security expert during the launch of the National&nbsp; 2022 report on Disinformation &amp; the role of Big-Tech in Kenya<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>by Ronald Njoroge <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Job scams are the most common form of disinformation on social media platforms, according to the report released on Friday<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The National 2022 Report on Disinformation and the Role of Big Tech in Kenya notes that job scams account for 62 percent of all disinformation on the social media platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Death of celebrities contribute 27 percent, fake side effects of covid-19 contribute 19 percent while fake doctors giving advice account for 18 percent of disinformation on social media platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;&nbsp;research which was commissioned by&nbsp;&nbsp;Trends and Insights for Africa (TIFA) sought to understand the public opinion on mis\/disinformation and hate speech on the impact of social\/digital media communications platforms in Kenya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The findings indicate that television was the main source of general news followed by social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The duration of the study was conducted between 28 May -15 July 2022 while the target respondents were internet users above the age of 18 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the study, half of the respondents feel that social media had a positive impact on society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The major benefits mentioned were entertainment, employment opportunities and connecting with family and friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Ronald Njoroge Job scams are the most common form of disinformation on social media&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1877"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1879,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1877\/revisions\/1879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}