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The arrival of Pope Francis in East Africa has provided social media parody accounts with plenty of content to play around with.

By Louis Jadwong @jadwong & Agencies

The arrival of Pope Francis in East Africa has provided social media parody accounts with plenty of content to play around with.

A parody account is described as "a fan or commentary account  where individuals can share different ideas about a specific issue, person or company. It is content that is interesting but does not violate twitter's terms and conditions."

 

 

 

 

East Africa has some interesting parody accounts, especially on twitter. Twitter has specific requirements for parody, newsfeed, commentary, and fan accounts.

According to Twitter, all requirements must be met in order to comply with their parody policy.

Bio:

The bio should indicate that the user is not affiliated with the account subject by stating a word such as  "parody," "fake," "fan," or "commentary," and be done so in a way that would be understood by the intended audience.

 

 

 

 

Account name:

The name should not be the exact name of the account subject without some other distinguishing word, such as "not," "fake," or "fan," and be done so in a way that would be understood by the intended audience.

One of the most famous ones in Uganda is @OlaraOlara (Olara Otunnu) with many posts often confusing tweeps, who respond without realising it is a parody account.

Most of the famous accounts are held by Kenyans. Often targeted in Kenya is Vice President Ruto.

 

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