When we say whites own 79% of the land, it's based on less than 40% of the land audit data, says @bencousins #OurLand #MI_x

We're back from tea and Code for Africa's senior data wrangler Tricia Govindasamy is demonstrating how to use some land tools we've developed with partners. #minealert #OurLand #MI_x Oxpeckers Center mine-alert.oxpeckers.org

.Ron Stupart from AfricanDefenceReview demonstrates the value of satellite imagery to tell land stories. #MI_x #OurLand

There are some free tools to use and John Stupart says Google Maps is a good start for basic searches. Another is Project Oya. (Newsrooms can get free access via AfricanDefenceReview) #MI_x #OurLand

Using comparative satellite imagery of an area would offer evidence of development over time if you know what you're looking for, says John Stupart. #OurLand #MI_x

.Ben Nimmo joins us via Skype to teach us how to spot a bot but caveats it with 'not all bots are bad' and 'not all bots are always bots'. (More on that coming up!) #MI_x #OurLand

Some typical bot behaviour: This account has no real name, no real photo and tweets on average 625 times a day. Ben Nimmo #MI_x #OurLand

One method to spot a bot is using Ben Nimmo's Triple A test: Check the Activity, accounts used for Amplification; and Anonymity. #MI_x

.Ben Nimmo even has a favourite bot! #MI_x Strange names is another way to spot a bot.

A question from the floor: "What would be a good bot?" Bots that offer a service. It's not a covert operation - it's a bot used to make life easier (like the BBC tweeting headlines) says Ben Nimmo #MI_x

We'll be running a few more trainings with SA journalists on how to spot bots. One is on Thursday at 16:30 in the Cape Town office. RSVP here for the #HacksHackersCPT #WanaData event: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Dr Aninka Claassens from LARC is here to speak about communal land dispossession.

What do surveys tell us about the land debate in #SouthAfrica? sibusiso nkomo unpacks this question at MediaIndabaAfrica this afternoon with a focus on citizen perceptions in South Africa. Follow the hashtags #MI_x and #OurLand for more highlights.

.Tigerlizzie from landbou.com speaks about gender and land ownership. One example of #misinfo she focuses on is a false stat from 1991 about women in agriculture which in 2018 is still being quoted in mainstream SA media. She asks how do we get rid of it? #MI_x #OurLand

.Afrobarometer's @sibusisonkomo has surveyed citizen perceptions in South Africa. Unemployment, crime and housing featured in the top three concerns, whereas land was at number 13.

.Afrobarometer is working with Code for Africa on sharing data. Find the full survey dataset on land.hurumap.org

Join us from 4.30pm this afternoon. There's still time to sign up: goo.gl/aCW1LC #HacksHackersCT #WanaData #MI_x #OurLand

With SA elections around the corner, bots + trolls are coming out of the shadows. Join us on 28/2 in CT as Ben Nimmo shares his experience identifying election manipulation across the world + how exposure of disinfo has changed news cycles bit.ly/MiXelections #MI_x #Elections

HAPPENING NOW: An election manipulation workshop with Ben Nimmo + Superlinear. Can't make it? 📹 We're live streaming from 3.30pm - watch the entire workshop here: youtu.be/q8LpcU_sRFg

👨‍🏫 Superlinear unpacking #SouthAfrica's political activity on Twitter. Focussing on how misinformation has been spread by SA political factions over the last few months can help us predict how things will play out in the months leading up to the elections. #MI_x #Elections