Computational Infodemic Intelligence (InfoDI) Data for South Africa's 2024 Election

Computational Infodemic Intelligence (InfoDI) data provides additional material for analyzing information disorders during South Africa's 2024 election. The dataset is 424.1 KB in size, authored by Herkulaas Combrink, and was last updated on May 15, 2026. It is shared under a CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0 license on figshare.

Use Cases

• Analyze election-related misinformation patterns based on computational infodemic analysis.
• Model the spread of information disorders based on infodemic intelligence data.
• Benchmark detection algorithms based on data from a specific national election context.

Strengths

• Dataset size is precisely 424.1 KB.
• Has a specific temporal and geographic focus on South Africa's 2024 election.
• Uses a clear, open license (CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Herkulaas Combrink

Time Range

2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 10:55:38; freshness should be verified.

Geography

South Africa