AoIR2025: AI-Driven Activism and the Politics of Resistance in Kenya
At the 26th Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR2025), to be held on the Campus Gragoatá of Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF) in Niterói, Brazil, Job Mwaura examines how AI-generated content is reshaping activism, fueling new forms of dissent, and provoking state repression in Kenya. His presentation highlights the tensions between digital innovation, political control, and grassroots resistance in an era of rapidly evolving online movements.
At the 26th Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR2025), to be held on the Campus Gragoatá of Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF) in Niterói, Brazil, Job Mwaura examines how AI-generated content is reshaping activism, fueling new forms of dissent, and provoking state repression in Kenya. His presentation highlights the tensions between digital innovation, political control, and grassroots resistance in an era of rapidly evolving online movements.