VOA常速英语:Carter Center Targets Online Threats in Ethiopia

Parliamentary elections are scheduled to take place across Ethiopia in June.
埃塞俄比亚议会选举定于6月在全国举行。
Already efforts to sway voters are well underway on social media which democracy activist Befe Qadu Hailu is closely watching.
影响选民的努力已经在社交媒体上展开，民主活动家BefeQadu Hailu正在密切关注这一媒体。
The social media has offered us a means of organizing networking and expressing ourselves safely easily and cheaply,
社交媒体为我们提供了一种组织网络和安全、轻松、廉价地表达自己的方法，
but on the other hand the political organizations in the political interest groups are using the social media in an organized manner,
但另一方面，政治利益集团中的政治组织却在有序地利用社会媒体，
so they can you know disseminate any information in the interest of their political advantage.
所以你可以知道，为了他们的政治利益，他们传播任何信息。
That is manipulating their followers.
操纵他们的追随者。
Ethiopian elections loom as unrest flares in its Northern Tigre region
随着北部底格里地区爆发动乱，埃塞俄比亚选举迫在眉睫，
where ethnic and political tensions are exploited online.
那里的种族和政治紧张关系在网上被利用。
Facebook is the dominant social media platform in the country
Facebook是这个国家占主导地位的社交媒体平台。
although less than 20 percent of the overall population has internet access.
虽然只有不到20%的人口可以上网。
People disseminate whatever they have heard on the social media through mouse to mouse communication.
人们通过网络交流来传播他们在社交媒体上听到的任何东西。
In October 2019 a disputed Facebook post by a media figure went viral
2019年10月，一位媒体人物在Facebook上的一篇有争议的帖子在网上疯传，
prompting outrage that led to violence and the deaths of almost 80 people in the Oromia region.
这引发了愤怒，导致奥罗米亚地区的暴力和近80人死亡。
The killing of a popular singer in Addis Ababa in 2020 also triggered a wave of posts on the social media site
一位流行歌手于2020年在亚的斯亚贝巴被杀，这也引发了社交媒体网站上的大量帖子。
followed by violence in the capital and beyond.
然后是首都和其他地方的暴力事件。
As national elections approach and social media use expands,
随着全国选举的临近和社交媒体的广泛使用，
Hailu says his country is ripe for online disinformation campaigns that could lead to further bloodshed.
Hailu说，他的国家在网上进行虚假信息宣传的时机已经成熟，这可能会导致更多的流血事件。
They might instigate ethnic clashes in political clashes.
他们可能在政治冲突中煽动种族冲突。
We work with partners to flag activity that could potentially thwart participation,
我们与合作伙伴合作，宣传有可能阻碍参与的活动、
exacerbate tensions or contribute to unwarranted perceptions
加剧紧张局势或助长不必要的看法
that the voting process or the outcome are illegitimate.
以及宣扬投票过程或结果是不合法的。
Michael Baldessaro is a Senior Advisor with the Carter Centers digital threat monitoring team
Michael Baldessaro是卡特中心数字威胁监测小组的高级顾问，
which recently deployed to Myanmar and Bolivia amid elections.
这一小组最近在选举期间部署到缅甸和玻利维亚。
Headed by former US President Jimmy Carter,
由美国前总统吉米·卡特领导，
the center and its partners not only flag dangerous online activity but pressed tech companies to act.
该中心及其合作伙伴不仅表明危险的在线活动存在，而且敦促科技公司采取行动。
We might relay that to Facebook and the human rights policy team,
我们可以告诉Facebook和人权政策小组，
or to our counterparts in the country office to take action,
或者我们国家办事处的对口部门采取行动，
and maybe at that point they you know take action to either down rank or de-platform that content altogether.
也许在那个时候，你知道的，他们会采取行动，要么降低级别，要么把内容从平台上撤掉。
In a 2020 report the UN outlined the dangers in Ethiopia of unmoderated content on Facebook.
在2020年的一份报告中，联合国概述了Facebook上无节制内容在埃塞俄比亚的危险。
The tech giant says it is increasing content moderation staff in Africa,
这家科技巨头表示，它正在增加非洲的内容管理人员，
but Hailu says challenges abound in monitoring and moderating enormous amounts of content
但Hailu说，在监控和控制大量内容方面存在着很多挑战。
in different languages from different locations,
在不同的地方用不同的语言，
including from Diaspora communities outside the continent.
包括来自非洲大陆以外的散居社区。
It requires the effort of multiple organizations in multiple stakeholders.
它需要多个利益相关者中的多个组织的努力。
Hailus center for the advancement of rights and democracy (or CARD)
Hailu权利与民主促进中心(即CARD)
is one of several organizations in Ethiopia monitoring online activity.
是埃塞俄比亚监测在线活动的几个组织之一。
With Carter Centers support,CARD has expanded its mission beyond Amarek-only language content in Ethiopia,
在卡特中心的支持下CARD在埃塞俄比亚的使命已经超越了仅使用阿马克语言的内容，
but hailu admits its still an enormous task monitoring users and content which increases daily,
但Hailu承认，监控每天都在增加的用户和内容仍然是一项艰巨的任务，
reaching audiences in dozens of languages and dialects throughout Ethiopia.
这需要用用埃塞俄比亚各地数十种语言和方言与观众接触。
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