SOCIAL MEDIA AND CONFLICT IN NIGERIA.

A LOOMING ELECTION

In 2017, PeaceTech Lab expanded its role in combating online hate speech to Nigeria where the country's varied conflict scenarios and growing tech use create an environment for the presence and proliferation of inflammatory language on social media. As Nigeria approached the 2019 general election, organizations throughout the country used PeaceTech Lab’s Nigeria Lexicon to prevent hate speech from having a damaging effect on the election process.

ENSURING STABILITY

PeaceTech Lab developed a Lexicon of Hate Speech Terms in Nigeria, combining cutting-edge social media analysis with in-country expertise to identify both the terms likely to incite violence and their social and political context. The Lexicon, published in April 2018, also identifies alternative language that can be used to prevent and stop the spread of hate speech.