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Jean le Roux for DFRLab

Jean le Roux is a research associate, southern Africa, with the Digital Forensic Research Lab and is based in South Africa.

Latest Work

Paid influencers and sock puppets drove social media campaign targeting SA banks that cut ties with Iqbal Survé's Sekunjalo

DFRLAB INVESTIGATION

2 July 2021

Paid influencers and sock puppets drove social media campaign targeting SA banks that cut ties with Iqbal Survé's Sekunjalo

By Jean le Roux for DFRLab

8 min

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Spotting disinformation in the wild: What’s the harm in a hashtag?

WEB OF LIES (PART TWO)

9 February 2021

Spotting disinformation in the wild: What’s the harm in a hashtag?

By Jean le Roux for DFRLab

8 min

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Xenophobic Twitter campaigns orchestrated by a former South African soldier

Lerato Pillay Uncovered

23 September 2020

Xenophobic Twitter campaigns orchestrated by a former South African soldier

By Jean le Roux for DFRLab

11 min

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EFF member from Makhado posed on Twitter as racist white woman to monetise racial tensions

#RACEBAITINGFORMONEY

12 July 2020

EFF member from Makhado posed on Twitter as racist white woman to monetise racial tensions

By Jean le Roux for DFRLab

9 min

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Wild Covid-19 rumours peddled by fringe political party

DATA INVESTIGATION

17 April 2020

Wild Covid-19 rumours peddled by fringe political party

By Jean le Roux for DFRLab

3 min

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Digital scammers latch on to Covid-19 to harvest personal data in South Africa

16 April 2020

Digital scammers latch on to Covid-19 to harvest personal data in South Africa

By Jean le Roux for DFRLab

5 min

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