1. If there is one thing Angela Rye has never shied away from, it’s telling hard truths, even when those truths are uncomfortable, messy, or painfully personal. The political commentator, attorney, and longtime advocate for Black communities has built a career on speaking plainly about power, race, and democracy, so when she sat down with TheGrio’s Natasha S. Alford for a candid interview, she didn’t mince words about a threat that many people still don’t fully understand: the quiet, coordinated way online disinformation is being used to divide Black Americans from within. Rye’s warning wasn’t just about fake news or…

Imagine walking into an election season where a video of a candidate confessing to a crime can be manufactured in minutes, where a false quote from a religious leader can inflame tensions across the country, and where fake election results can be circulated to millions before the real ones are announced. That is the kind of digital minefield Nigeria could face as it moves toward the 2027 general elections. This was the urgent warning issued by Ayodele Joseph, a digital security expert and Director of the Centre for Digital Divide and Social Informatics at Kaduna State University. During a presentation…