“…They tried to convince Nigerians to join their campaign by referring to a report by the African Child Policy Forum, published in November 2019, which found that Africa was experiencing an increase in child sexual exploitation, including 'tourism marriages' between young girls and male tourists in North Africa and the online recruitment of young girls in West Africa 'into pornographic films and bestiality'. Many Nigerians were worried that the defamation campaign could impact negatively the country's 10 The following chapter is an excerpt from another recent publication of the author: Kohnert, Dirk (2023): QAnon and other conspiracy ideologies' impact on Sub-Saharan Africa in the age of Global Capitalism. MPRA WP No.…”