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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica Nov 13

    THREAD 1. In June 2018, a series of horrifying images began to go viral on Facebook in the Nigerian city of Jos. WARNING: This thread contains distressing content.pic.twitter.com/FUnkLQKWvo

    9:46 AM - 13 Nov 2018
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    • Wol Kuac Chol Sahil Nathu 🤷🏾‍♂️ Rita Kamara Haroon Tunϯu Marsa, ማርሳ Pamela Ephraim Nelson peter Aragon
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      2. BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica Nov 13

        2. This is one of those Facebook posts. It had 11 000 views and 900 shares. We’ve cut out the ending, which shows a man’s head hacked open.pic.twitter.com/weUMMa5LqN

        5 replies 75 retweets 50 likes
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      3. BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica Nov 13

        3. This is another of those viral posts. We have blurred out the machete wound across this child’s face.pic.twitter.com/VaNb4iwkXd

        2 replies 57 retweets 38 likes
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      4. BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica Nov 13

        4. In the hours after these images went viral, a mob gathered on the streets of Jos. 11 men were dragged from their cars and killed. Some were burned beyond recognition.pic.twitter.com/BHCm8wazuG

        The aftermath of the attack in Jos
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      5. BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica Nov 13

        5. One of those killed was Ali, a potato salesman and a father to 15 children. This is the wife he left behind.pic.twitter.com/Q4pbGkyzt4

        2 replies 89 retweets 52 likes
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      6. BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica Nov 13

        6. This is the story of Ali – and of the role that "fake news" played in inflaming the anger that led to his death.pic.twitter.com/oV3JdsLvHx

        5 replies 80 retweets 50 likes
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      7. BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica Nov 13

        7. #BBCAfricaEye investigates the impact of false information in central Nigeria – and asks what Facebook is doing to stop the platform being abused.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/nigeria_fake_news …

        4 replies 164 retweets 125 likes
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      8. BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica Nov 13

        CREDITS: @briticoyemo , @CNorthcott1 , @danielsilas , @Bahaushee , @ChFrancavilla @Yaolri and @BenDoBrown contributed to this investigation.

        3 replies 33 retweets 29 likes
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      1. Martin McEnerney‏ @McenerneyMartin Nov 13
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCWorld

        Facebook should be held accountable. It has the resources and technology to stop fake news. Greed dictates.

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      1. Umar K. Tsiga‏ @UTsiga Nov 13
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Thank you BBC News Africa. You're indeed doing investigative journalism. While I agree that Facebook has a role to play in curbing this problem, it's only when Nigerian authorities overpowered corruption and punish the culprits that this negativity would come to an end.

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      1. Jay‏ @Jaycredos Nov 14
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCWorld

        Such incidents keep occur until social media platforms start inventing and implementing a revelutionary safety mesuarements to eliminate fakenews, and until police system acts on time. #FakeNews #india #Africa #Police #socialmedia #Lynching

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      1. Dont scare Me, colonizer‏ @Skaffeke Nov 13
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Nigeriansss, YOUR COLOUR first. Than Your believe. Stop thinking This thing backwards. talking about #RELIGION

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      2. Miss Pwajok Meg‏ @Margaretpwajok Nov 13
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Please where is the story. I don't see any "investigation" here. What did you discover about his death that was different from the deaths of the other 10 people dragged from cars or from the hundreds killed occasionally?

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. Daniel Adamson‏ @danielsilas Nov 13
        Replying to @Margaretpwajok @BBCAfrica

        Herehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/nigeria_fake_news …

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      2. Ponsey Apo Ray‏ @trustmygems Nov 13
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @bbcworldservice

        I did a tweet before this episode of madness and invited AJ stream to do a brief documentary on the plight of the natives of Berom extraction and how they have been chased off their ancestral lands by Fulani herdsmen! The security apparatus failed them !

        3 replies 0 retweets 11 likes
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      1. Theresa‏ @Theresa96656962 Nov 13
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @BBCWorld

        How horrific

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      1. Victoria Okosun‏ @vickyslyrics Nov 14
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @NiksAde

        @arinze_chiama @YougoyoKitchen @gbogbo_swagger

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      2. Big Blue Bird‏ @EastCauthor Nov 13
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        with so much fake news around, it can be hard to tell what's real and what isn't. I'd like to know the true story from the people who actually live there and experience this. every day. what is their view?

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. carl_os‏ @tree_kanagarroo Nov 13
        Replying to @EastCauthor @BBCAfrica

        what do u think jackass. Does it seem like they like it ?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Big Blue Bird‏ @EastCauthor Nov 13
        Replying to @tree_kanagarroo @BBCAfrica

        I was asking what they thought was the cause of all of this. adressing that might just make it stop.

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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