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Some deep fakes, AI-generated contents to watch out for in 2024

ARTIFICIAL Intelligence (AI) can bring about favourable shifts in society, such as higher levels of access to education, better healthcare, and increased productivity. Even...

New study reveals increasing sales of X gold badge on dark web platforms

A study by CloudSEK, a cybersecurity firm, has revealed that there is an increase in sales of compromised X accounts with the Gold verification...

Partisan biases increase vulnerability to fake news – Study

A study published on Frontiers in Psychology has shown that while news media literacy helps individuals recognize and doubt news from unfamiliar sources, strong...

Five financial scams to be wary of in 2024

IN November 2023, an X user, @ElsaVanilla raised an alarm about the manipulative actions of Iriodalo Emmanuel Obhafuoso, a young man who fraudulently solicited...

2023 in Review: Major fake news that clouded Nigeria’s media space

MAJOR events like the 2023 general elections had their fair share of misinformation and disinformation that contributed to the malaise in Nigeria's media space. ...

Top 10 political claims we fact-checked in 2023

NIGERIA's general election is arguably one of the biggest events of 2023. The election was characterized by various forms of inaccurate and misleading claims...

How disinformation actors fuelled violence, voter apathy in Imo governorship election

On November 11, 2023, off-cycle gubernatorial elections were held in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi states in Nigeria. The electoral umpire, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),...

2024: Experts berate Nigerian govt for budgeting N24.5 million to tackle fake news

Experts in the information ecosystem have criticized the Nigerian Government's N24.5 million budget proposal to tackle fake news in 2024, despite its acknowledged threat...

Analysing the influence of gendered disinformation in Nigeria

IN the build-up to the 2023 Lagos State Governorship election, a photo of a lady smoking hookah in the club went viral on social...

Key Nigerian political figures fact-checked during off-cycle governorship elections in Imo, Kogi, Bayelsa

SOME influential Nigerian politicians shared false information in the build-up, amid and after the just concluded off-cycle elections in Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi states held...

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