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  • Research Associate, Sub-Saharan Africa

Jean le Roux

Jean le Roux is a research associate for the Sub-Saharan Africa region at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) based in South Africa.

Jean’s research is focused on disinformation, misinformation and digital propaganda campaigns within Africa. He has a particular interest in capacitating journalists and students to conduct open source investigations, building digital resilience and fostering a new generation of #DigitalSherlocks.

Jean has a bachelor’s degree in law and has conducted high profile corruption, maladministration and misconduct investigations within the government and financial services sectors. He has extensive experience in conducting open source investigations cultivated during his 10-year career as a journalist, investigator and analyst.

July 2021

Paid influencers and sockpuppets drove social media campaign targeting South African banks

by Jean le Roux

Anti-racist rhetoric used as cover for a social media campaign targeting South African banks as they sever ties with local business empire
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June 2021

Nigerian Twitter users flock to VPNs amid dubious legal threats

by Jean le Roux

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February 2021

Weaponized: How rumors about COVID-19’s origins led to a narrative arms race

by Luiza Bandeira, Nika Aleksejeva, Tessa Knight, Jean le Roux, Graham Brookie, Iain Robertson, Andy Carvin, Zarine Kharazian

A joint research project from the Digital Forensic Research Lab and the Associate Press on information environments during the first six months of COVID-19.
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