Insecurity Insight looks at social media from an aid security perspective. We examine social media to identify when it is used to incite violence against aid providers or spreads false information that can be used to incite violence. During the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ebola outbreak, health providers have been particularly affected. In some conflicts, such as Cameroon, aid efforts are often politicised on social media.
Understanding the changing security context is important for duty of care for staff and access to beneficiaries.
To find out what people are saying in the DRC and how aid providers are portrait on social media in Cameroon – read our Social Media Monitoring Bulletin.
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Mali
09 May 2022
Social Media Monitoring
DRC
06 May 2022
Social Media Monitoring
DRC
29 April 2022
Social Media Monitoring
Ethiopia
25 June 2021
Social Media Monitoring
Mozambique March 2021
INSIGHT: Claims war against insurgents orchestrated by government.
DRC March 2021
INSIGHT: Disinformation targeting the United Nations (UN) presence in the DRC March 2021
Claims of possible arms sales ties with armed groups and natural resources exploitation.
DRC March 2021
12th Ebola Outbreak in N Kivu
INSIGHT: Social media reactions to Ebola-related news stories suggests the examples featured in this report are far from being isolated occurrences: distrust and suspicion regarding the intentions of the Ebola response remain widespread in north-eastern DRC.
DRC November 2020
Équateur Province
INSIGHT: Assessing risk for health workers operating in Équateur Province
Cameroon
October 2020 INSIGHT: Preliminary monitoring suggests that initial recriminations among pro-independence locals towards Cameroon’s central government have not spilled into accusations or hostility towards aid operations and workers.
Cameroon
INSIGHT: International humanitarian organisations in the Northwest and Southwest regions are increasingly affected by the ongoing conflict. Social media can influence to what extent aid agencies are perceived as impartial, neutral and independent.