Claim: Multiple fake accounts have sprung up on Twitter to impersonate frontline activists of Nigeria's anti-police brutality movement known as #EndSARS as well as international celebrities supporting the cause. The fraudulent accounts surfaced as unrest gripped Africa's most populous nation following the shooting of protesters in the main city Lagos. AFP Fact Check explains how these accounts have evolved and ways to detect them.
Fact-check: Multiple fake accounts on Twitter impersonate frontline activists of Nigeria's #EndSARS protest – here's how to know what's real
Verdict: multiple fake accounts on twitter impersonate frontline activists of nigeria's #endsars protest –
Organisation: AFP Fact Check
Author: Mayowa Tijani
Date published: 2024-04-17T16:44:09