Ukwanda okumangazayo kokuhlaselwa kwe-inthanethi kwe-disinformation ngokumelene nezizwe zase-Afrika kanye nama-ejensi wamazwe ngamazwe asebenza ezwenikazi kunokuphepha kolwazi kanye nochwepheshe bezokuphepha ku-inthanethi abazama ukuthola izixazululo zenkinga yebhaluni.

Ngo-2023, i-Afrika yabona okungenani imikhankaso engama-disinformation eyi-189 ebhalwe phansi, cishe inani eliphindwe kane kunalo elibikwe ngonyaka odlule, ngokusho kwe-Africa Centre for Strategic Studies e-National Defence University, isikhungo sezemfundo esingaphakathi koMnyango Wezokuvikela wase-US. Ukwanda kokuhlasela kuza njengoba okungenani amazwe angu-18 ase-Afrika azobamba ukhetho ngonyaka ozayo, ngokusho kombiko. umbiko kuThe Economist, okwenza ulwazi olungaqondile lube usongo olukhulu kohulumeni abakhona namabhizinisi athembele ezomnotho ezizinzile.

Njengoba lezi zinsongo zibhebhetheka, ochwepheshe bezokuphepha ku-inthanethi kufanele bafune amasu okuvikela - kodwa bangalindeli ukuthola isisombululo esisodwa kule nkinga, kusho u-Mark Duerksen, umlingani wocwaningo ne-Africa Centre for Strategic Studies.

"I-Disinformation akuyona nje inkinga yezobuchwepheshe kodwa futhi ingumbuzo wezenhlalakahle nezombusazwe ozobandakanya izimpendulo ezihlukene ukuze kwakhiwe ukuqina, ngakho-ke umsebenzi wochwepheshe be-cyber ungaba yingxenye yesixazululo," kusho u-Duerksen. "Kodwa-ke, sibona imikhankaso eya ngokuya iba yinkimbinkimbi yokubulala amagciwane esebenzisa ukuhlasela kwe-cyberattacks ukuze kwandiswe, kuhlanzwe, futhi kuvinjwe i-disinformation."

Amazwe angama-50 nangaphezulu ezwekazini kulo nyaka ayaqhubeka nokwenza ngcono izimo zawo zokuvikeleka ku-inthanethi, uma engalingani. Inani lezikhungo, njenge eNyuvesi yaseLagos futhi Shehacks Ke, bahlose ukuthuthukisa ithalenta le-cybersecurity esifundeni, kodwa amazwe amaningi qhubeka nokusalela emuva ekuhlanzekeni ku-inthanethi.

Ikakhulukazi Imisebenzi Yethonya Langaphandle

Yize i-disinformation iyinkinga yomhlaba wonke, i-Afrika isiphenduke inkomba ebalulekile kuyo yomibili imikhankaso exhaswe nguhulumeni yokubulala ama-disinformation kanye nemikhankaso yasekhaya, ngokusho kombiko. umbiko wakamuva we-Africa Centre for Strategic Studies. Ohulumeni bamazwe angaphandle benza imikhankaso eminingi yokubulala ama-disinformation, cishe ama-60% emikhankaso etholwe ngo-2023 kuthiwa iRussia, China, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia kanye neQatar, ngokusho kombiko.

Emikhankasweni engama-23 ebingabheki nje kuphela izwe elilodwa kodwa izifunda zonkana zase-Afrika, engu-16 ibiqhamuka emaqenjini axhumene neRussia. IRussia iphinde yaba ngemuva kokuhlaselwa kwamazwe angu-189 ezwekazini, ikakhulukazi entshonalanga ne-Afrika, kulandela ukuhoxa kwamasosha aseFrance eMali nakwamanye amazwe aseSahel, ngokusho kombiko wenhlangano yezocwaningo. I-Atlantic Council kanye ne-Digital Forensics Research Lab (DFRLab).

Umbiko ukhomba isibonelo seRussia ehlasela i-Ukraine. Ngaleso sikhathi, ama-akhawunti ezinkundleni zokuxhumana zezintatheli eziningi zaseNigeria agqekezwa futhi asetshenziselwe ukusabalalisa ama-hashtag e-pro-Putin kanye nemininingwane engamanga, okwenza kubonakale sengathi i-Afrika isekela iRussia, kusho uDuerksen.

Njengamanje, kunabasebenzisi be-inthanethi abayizigidi ezingama-600 - izigidi ezingama-400 kubo bangabasebenzisi bezokuxhumana abakhuthele - e-Afrika. Izakhamizi zase-Afrika zingabanye babasebenzisi abanonya kakhulu bezinkundla zokuxhumana, nabasebenzisi baseNigeria naseKenya phakathi kwalabo bantu abasebenzisa i-inthanethi abachitha isikhathi esiningi ezinkundleni zokuxhumana. Sekukonke, amazinga okungena ku-inthanethi ayahluka, ukusuka ku-7% eCentral African Republic kuya ku-51% eNigeria, ngokombiko we-Atlantic Council/DFRLab.

Ukuvikela izakhamizi kanye namabhizinisi emikhankasweni yokusabalalisa ulwazi olungalungile kudinga imizamo eminingi, kusukela ekusekeleni ubuntatheli bendawo kanye nokufunda kwabezindaba kuya ekuthuthukiseni ukuphepha kwe-cybersecurity okhethweni kanye nokuthola, ukubika, kanye nokususa amanethiwekhi abasebenzisi abangenalo iqiniso bezokuxhumana, ngokusho umbiko wakamuva, “Ukulwisana Nokwaziswa Kwe-Disinformation Ngokuphumelelayo: Umhlahlandlela Wenqubomgomo Osekelwe Ebufakazini” yiCarnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Gxila Ekuvikelekeni Okumaphakathi Komsebenzisi

Ngenkathi abanye ochwepheshe bebuza ukuthi imikhankaso yokukhipha ulwazi nge-disinformation ingena ngaphansi kochwepheshe be-cybersecurity, iningi libeka isihloko isiyalo esiphelele sokuvikeleka okugxile kumuntu kanye nokudala izexwayiso ezisebenzayo zokuphepha zabasebenzisi kanye nokwenza lukhuni abasebenzi ngokumelene nokuhlaselwa kobugebengu bokweba imininingwane ebucayi.

"Okunye okubalulekile okuthathwayo yisidingo sokuthuthukisa ikhono lokulandelela kanye nokuhlaziya ulwazi oluyi-disinformation ngokusebenzisa izindlela ezihlukaniselwe abantu kodwa ezisebenzisanayo kanye nokumisa ama-ISAC - izikhungo zokwabelana ngolwazi nokuhlaziya, umqondo ovela ngokuqondile ku-cybersecurity - njengezizinda zokulwa ne-disinformation," uDuerksen uthi. "Inqubekelaphambili iyenziwa ekudaleni izinhlaka nezincazelo ezijwayelekile ukuze abacwaningi bakwazi ukwabelana ngamadathasethi futhi bebonke bahlanganise abalingisi namaqhinga alandela imikhankaso esabalele yokubulala izidumbu esiqala ukuyibona."

Ochwepheshe be-Cybersecurity abasebenza nezinhlaka zikahulumeni kufanele bafunde usongo lwe-disinformation, uthi. Njengokuqeqeshwa okulwisana nobugebengu bokweba imininingwane ebucayi, imfundo yolwazi lwemidiya ingasiza ukwenza abasebenzi bakwazi ukumelana nokuhlaselwa.

"Lokhu kusho ukuthuthukisa ukuqwashisa ngezimo ngezikhala zolwazi lwedijithali ngokuqhubekayo kunokulinda ukuthi kwenzeke okuthile," kusho uDuerksen. "Ukuba nohlelo lokuphendula - oluhlanganisa incwadi yokudlala yezokuxhumana kanye nokuxhumana nezinkampani zenkundla yezokuxhumana - ngoba uma futhi kwenzeka ukuhlaselwa kwe-disinformation kungase kubonakale kuqaphe ngokweqile manje, kodwa izinkampani zifunda kabuhlungu ukuthi kushesha kangakanani futhi kulimaza idumela lazo kanye nezansi. imigqa yalolu hlobo lokuhlaselwa kungaba lapho kwenzeka. "

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