![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The WhatsApp message Bokadi received and spread had been published the previous day by Opera News, a popular news and content app in Africa owned by China’s Golden Brick Capital private equity fund, according to The Daily Beast. Russian trolls commonly push false information about American vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna, as well as the United Kingdom’s AstraZeneca vaccine, while trumpeting Russia’s vaccine. Russia’s trolling began over the summer and increased as countries raced to develop and promote vaccines. The message claimed that an American infectious disease expert had hidden research showing that COVID-19 vaccines damage people’s immune systems and is therefore part of a conspiracy to harm people, according to The Daily Beast.Ĭonvinced of the false information he received from the Nigerian WhatsApp user, Bokadi forwarded the message to dozens of people. The consequences are potentially deadly for people such as Joël Bokadi, a miner in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), who received false information from a Nigerian number on WhatsApp in early December 2020. The Russian propaganda narrative centers on false information about the safety and effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccine. Russian trolls are spreading misinformation in Africa through messaging apps in an attempt to promote Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine over those developed in the United States and other Western countries. ![]()
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