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AFRICA CHECK IT'S STILL THERE
Africa Check Sorting fact from fiction
GIVE ME Palerme Lisbon "abta en ataga Mashha Tehran Ceta RIA Rabat Casablanca IRAQ "Kermanshah ANDS PORT Baghdad ORDAN tahan Marrakech Ahva IRAN моRоссо Al aya CANY LAND Kuwaif city LIBYA SAUDI BAHNA Manam rana Riyadh. Layoune Western Sahara EGYPT Abu Aan, QATAK CTED ARA THIRATES ARABIA Raeddan tecca OMA MAURITANIA Nouakchett odisrespex Port Sutan SUDAN NIGER YEMEN CHAD Kaala Anara Daka, SENEOA Banjul E OAMBIA Bissaue QUINEA-BISS Niamey Mke Nojamena Socotna OEMEN Pou NIGERIA Abuja SOU CENTRAL MEROON AFRICAN REPUBLIC SUDA Rangul Yaounde UG Kampala Kbreville REr. or Oangan THE DEMOCRATIC CONOO REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO BURUNDI GABON KWANDAO drazzaville Puinte-Ne ANGOLA Kinshasa Mu-Mayi Cdoma, TANZANIA LLES o blands Senpurta ANGOLA ZAMBIA engwe RALAWI SOUTH Tromelin Is RANCE) Namit Lusaka ATLANTIC tarare, MOZAMBIC Antananarivo ZIMBABWE Salat Denls Ba Chaal da ina NAMIBIA OCEAN MADAGASCAR elaenna, Reunion BOTSWANA Windhoek Walts Ba RANCE YOUR FACTS Africa Intemational Boundary KALIA - Independent State Capital City Major City Cape Tew
african people sitting in front of computer monitors that display the snip the rfid chip false post
I WANT YOU TO SNIP THE CHIP
stop africa check from fact checking your posts 13) @professionalretard.mp4 wold Remove the RFID chip from the factory by drilling into this part of your phone
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About

Africa Check is a non-profit fact checking organization based in South Africa. The organization gained notoriety on Instagram and became a popular subject of memes after it tagged Instagram memes about an RFID chip being located in a tire valve stem as false information.

History

In June 2012, non-profit fact checking organization Africa Check was launched in South Africa.[1] Since 2012, the organization has been involved into fact-checking viral claims about South Africa in traditional and social media, later expanding its list of serviced countries to include Kenya, Nigeria and Senegral.

Instagram Fact-Checking

On December 16th, 2019, Instagram[2] introduced a platform-wide fact-checking system. Third-party fact-checking organizations such as Africa Check and others were giving access to tagging Instagram posts as false information (example shown below). Posts deemed false by fact-checkers are blurred and contain warnings such as "Partly False Information" and "False Information." Additionally, the image matching technology automatically tag copies of posts deemed false by the fact-checkers.

all ? 9:41 9:41 9:41 Instagram Instagram Instagram chrisrobinp chrisrobinp Your Story iamjaywee emiilyjun dantol Your Story iamjaywee chrisrobinp emiilyjun danto Your Story iamjaywee emiilyjun dantol * alexraj alexraj alexraj *** ... False Information False Information in Post Reviewed by independent fact-checkers Independent fact-checkers say this post includes false information. Your post will include a notice saying it's false. Are you sure you want to share? See Why Fact-Checker: A See Post Conclusion: False More Information: There are no highway A See why fact-checkers say this is false. sharks Qi) Liked by hazeljennings and others Fact-Checker: B B) alexraj look at this. Conclusion: False OiD Liked by hazeljennings and others lizunakim this is an insane shot - is it real? O More Information: Myth: the shark on the road is a manipulated image alexraj look at this. View all 10 comments lizunakim this is an insane shot - is it real? O Add a comment... View all 10 comments 3 hours ago Cancel Share Anyway

Africa Checked

On December 18th, 2019, Instagram[3] user salad.snake posted a meme that baited viewers into thinking that a valve stem on a car tire is an RFID chip. This posts, as well as copies of the meme posted by other Instagram meme accounts, were tagged false by Africa Check.

blurred instagram post by user salad.snake after it was deemed spreading false information
pop up message over a blurred instagram image saying this post was deemed false by africa check
Stop the government from tracking salad.snake · Following your car: salad.snake Instagram censors fake info apparently LOL 1d this ain't good lol Vibe Check 5 Reply replies (1) 1984 kes Reply View renlies (231 Remove the RFID chip from the factory by snipping off this tube. Liked by and 81,859 others 1 DAY AGO Add a comment... Post A See why fact-checkers say this is false

Incorrect: ID chips not in tyre’s valve stem, so don’t snip!

Following the spread of the Tire RFID posts, Africa Check gained popularity in memes and comments on the platform, particularly in Vibe Check format. For example, a Did You Seriously Talk During Independent Reading Time post by Instagram[4] user thugbobs received over 5,000 likes in two days (shown below, left), with a repost by yourlordandsaviourrealjesus[5] gaining over 54,000 likes. A Vibe Check post by Instagram[6] user chiefkiefsalsa received over 190 likes in two days, with a repost by lolhylian[7] receiving over 26,400 likes (shown below, right).

BRO DID YOU JUSI-SERIOUSLY @thugbobs FAIL THE AFRICA FACT CHECK
AFRICA HAS CHECKED YOUR VIBE DO YOU WISH TO CONTINUE? Bchielkeefsalsa

Various Examples

FACT CHECK CONDOMFISH
GIVE ME Palerme Lisbon "abta en ataga Mashha Tehran Ceta RIA Rabat Casablanca IRAQ "Kermanshah ANDS PORT Baghdad ORDAN tahan Marrakech Ahva IRAN моRоссо Al aya CANY LAND Kuwaif city LIBYA SAUDI BAHNA Manam rana Riyadh. Layoune Western Sahara EGYPT Abu Aan, QATAK CTED ARA THIRATES ARABIA Raeddan tecca OMA MAURITANIA Nouakchett odisrespex Port Sutan SUDAN NIGER YEMEN CHAD Kaala Anara Daka, SENEOA Banjul E OAMBIA Bissaue QUINEA-BISS Niamey Mke Nojamena Socotna OEMEN Pou NIGERIA Abuja SOU CENTRAL MEROON AFRICAN REPUBLIC SUDA Rangul Yaounde UG Kampala Kbreville REr. or Oangan THE DEMOCRATIC CONOO REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO BURUNDI GABON KWANDAO drazzaville Puinte-Ne ANGOLA Kinshasa Mu-Mayi Cdoma, TANZANIA LLES o blands Senpurta ANGOLA ZAMBIA engwe RALAWI SOUTH Tromelin Is RANCE) Namit Lusaka ATLANTIC tarare, MOZAMBIC Antananarivo ZIMBABWE Salat Denls Ba Chaal da ina NAMIBIA OCEAN MADAGASCAR elaenna, Reunion BOTSWANA Windhoek Walts Ba RANCE YOUR FACTS Africa Intemational Boundary KALIA - Independent State Capital City Major City Cape Tew
stop africa check from fact checking your posts 13) @professionalretard.mp4 wold Remove the RFID chip from the factory by drilling into this part of your phone
I WANT YOU TO SNIP THE CHIP
Warning! Africa Check is hiding Instagram posts that expose government secrets and calling them false information!! To stop them you need to microwave your phone! Then pour salt water into the charging port! This will EVERYWHERE TO destroy the Africa Check RFID chip and let you see the government's REPOST THIS SPREAD AWARENESS! secrets!
african people sitting in front of computer monitors that display the snip the rfid chip false post

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External References

[1] Wikipedia – Africa Check

[2] Facebook Blog – Combatting Misinformation on Instagram

[3] Instagram – salad.snake

[4] Instagram – thugbobs

[5] Instagram – yourlordandsaviorrealjesus

[6] Instagram – chiefkeefsalsa

[7] Instagram – lolhylian

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About

Africa Check is a non-profit fact checking organization based in South Africa. The organization gained notoriety on Instagram and became a popular subject of memes after it tagged Instagram memes about an RFID chip being located in a tire valve stem as false information.

History

In June 2012, non-profit fact checking organization Africa Check was launched in South Africa.[1] Since 2012, the organization has been involved into fact-checking viral claims about South Africa in traditional and social media, later expanding its list of serviced countries to include Kenya, Nigeria and Senegral.

Instagram Fact-Checking

On December 16th, 2019, Instagram[2] introduced a platform-wide fact-checking system. Third-party fact-checking organizations such as Africa Check and others were giving access to tagging Instagram posts as false information (example shown below). Posts deemed false by fact-checkers are blurred and contain warnings such as "Partly False Information" and "False Information." Additionally, the image matching technology automatically tag copies of posts deemed false by the fact-checkers.


all ? 9:41 9:41 9:41 Instagram Instagram Instagram chrisrobinp chrisrobinp Your Story iamjaywee emiilyjun dantol Your Story iamjaywee chrisrobinp emiilyjun danto Your Story iamjaywee emiilyjun dantol * alexraj alexraj alexraj *** ... False Information False Information in Post Reviewed by independent fact-checkers Independent fact-checkers say this post includes false information. Your post will include a notice saying it's false. Are you sure you want to share? See Why Fact-Checker: A See Post Conclusion: False More Information: There are no highway A See why fact-checkers say this is false. sharks Qi) Liked by hazeljennings and others Fact-Checker: B B) alexraj look at this. Conclusion: False OiD Liked by hazeljennings and others lizunakim this is an insane shot - is it real? O More Information: Myth: the shark on the road is a manipulated image alexraj look at this. View all 10 comments lizunakim this is an insane shot - is it real? O Add a comment... View all 10 comments 3 hours ago Cancel Share Anyway

Africa Checked

On December 18th, 2019, Instagram[3] user salad.snake posted a meme that baited viewers into thinking that a valve stem on a car tire is an RFID chip. This posts, as well as copies of the meme posted by other Instagram meme accounts, were tagged false by Africa Check.


blurred instagram post by user salad.snake after it was deemed spreading false information pop up message over a blurred instagram image saying this post was deemed false by africa check Stop the government from tracking salad.snake · Following your car: salad.snake Instagram censors fake info apparently LOL 1d this ain't good lol Vibe Check 5 Reply replies (1) 1984 kes Reply View renlies (231 Remove the RFID chip from the factory by snipping off this tube. Liked by and 81,859 others 1 DAY AGO Add a comment... Post A See why fact-checkers say this is false

Incorrect: ID chips not in tyre’s valve stem, so don’t snip!

Following the spread of the Tire RFID posts, Africa Check gained popularity in memes and comments on the platform, particularly in Vibe Check format. For example, a Did You Seriously Talk During Independent Reading Time post by Instagram[4] user thugbobs received over 5,000 likes in two days (shown below, left), with a repost by yourlordandsaviourrealjesus[5] gaining over 54,000 likes. A Vibe Check post by Instagram[6] user chiefkiefsalsa received over 190 likes in two days, with a repost by lolhylian[7] receiving over 26,400 likes (shown below, right).


BRO DID YOU JUSI-SERIOUSLY @thugbobs FAIL THE AFRICA FACT CHECK AFRICA HAS CHECKED YOUR VIBE DO YOU WISH TO CONTINUE? Bchielkeefsalsa

Various Examples


FACT CHECK CONDOMFISH GIVE ME Palerme Lisbon "abta en ataga Mashha Tehran Ceta RIA Rabat Casablanca IRAQ "Kermanshah ANDS PORT Baghdad ORDAN tahan Marrakech Ahva IRAN моRоссо Al aya CANY LAND Kuwaif city LIBYA SAUDI BAHNA Manam rana Riyadh. Layoune Western Sahara EGYPT Abu Aan, QATAK CTED ARA THIRATES ARABIA Raeddan tecca OMA MAURITANIA Nouakchett odisrespex Port Sutan SUDAN NIGER YEMEN CHAD Kaala Anara Daka, SENEOA Banjul E OAMBIA Bissaue QUINEA-BISS Niamey Mke Nojamena Socotna OEMEN Pou NIGERIA Abuja SOU CENTRAL MEROON AFRICAN REPUBLIC SUDA Rangul Yaounde UG Kampala Kbreville REr. or Oangan THE DEMOCRATIC CONOO REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO BURUNDI GABON KWANDAO drazzaville Puinte-Ne ANGOLA Kinshasa Mu-Mayi Cdoma, TANZANIA LLES o blands Senpurta ANGOLA ZAMBIA engwe RALAWI SOUTH Tromelin Is RANCE) Namit Lusaka ATLANTIC tarare, MOZAMBIC Antananarivo ZIMBABWE Salat Denls Ba Chaal da ina NAMIBIA OCEAN MADAGASCAR elaenna, Reunion BOTSWANA Windhoek Walts Ba RANCE YOUR FACTS Africa Intemational Boundary KALIA - Independent State Capital City Major City Cape Tew stop africa check from fact checking your posts 13) @professionalretard.mp4 wold Remove the RFID chip from the factory by drilling into this part of your phone
I WANT YOU TO SNIP THE CHIP Warning! Africa Check is hiding Instagram posts that expose government secrets and calling them false information!! To stop them you need to microwave your phone! Then pour salt water into the charging port! This will EVERYWHERE TO destroy the Africa Check RFID chip and let you see the government's REPOST THIS SPREAD AWARENESS! secrets! african people sitting in front of computer monitors that display the snip the rfid chip false post

Search Interest

External References

[1] Wikipedia – Africa Check

[2] Facebook Blog – Combatting Misinformation on Instagram

[3] Instagram – salad.snake

[4] Instagram – thugbobs

[5] Instagram – yourlordandsaviorrealjesus

[6] Instagram – chiefkeefsalsa

[7] Instagram – lolhylian

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I think this is just something we'll have to accept when the internet reaches a global audience, there's gonna be people abroad who don't understand the sarcasm or humor of memes and think they're being serious. I do think it's going too far to blur the image by default, it's too intrusive. It'd be better to just show the image, and have a little thing on the bottom clarifying the fact check. Kinda like what Youtube does with conspiracy-laden topics, they play the video like any other but they just put a little blurb below to try and give context.

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