THE popular video-sharing app, TikTok, has announced additional policies after a report indicted its platform of exposing its users to misinformation. Blake Chandlee, president of global business solutions for the short-form video platform, said in a blog post that he …
FORMER Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, has urged Nigerians to shun fake news, hate speech and propaganda ahead of the nation’s 2023 general election. Jonathan made this remark on Tuesday at the second edition of the ‘peace conference’ organised by the …
THERE are more conversations about how to combat election disinformation and misinformation on social media, but there seems not to be a comparable effort for text messages. What seems to be the biggest election disinformation event of this year’s midterm …
NIGERIAN media houses have been urged to establish fact-checking desks in their newsrooms and incorporate fact-checking processes in their journalism practice in order tackle the menace of misinformation ahead of the forthcoming 2023 general elections. The Vice-Chancellor of the Federal …
By Harrison Edeh PANELLISTS at the Nigerian Fact-checkers Coalition Conference in Abuja on Tuesday asked social media companies, including Twitter and Facebook to take more steps in halting the spread of fake news. They expressed concern that fake new is …
By Sinafi Omanga THE United States (US) has said the problem of misinformation during electioneering campaigns that Nigeria is facing ahead of the nation’s 2023 general elections is not peculiar to the country. Speaking at the election disinformation conference organised …
By Harrison Edeh AHEAD of Nigeria’s 2023 general elections, the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (The ICIR) and Mac-Arthur Foundation have raised concerns over state-sponsored misinformation in the country. ICIR’s Executive Director, Dayo Aiyetan, who spoke at the Nigerian Fact-checkers …
A study released recently says pre-bunking is an effective technique against the spread of online disinformation and misinformation. The study, published by Science Advances and led by Cambridge researchers in partnership with Jigsaw, a research branch of Google, said that …
THE Nigerian government has said that insecurity experienced in some parts of the country is being aggravated by fake news and misinformation. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, stated this in Abuja while representing President Muhammadu Buhari at …
A coalition of fact-checkers working in Nigeria has issued a strong warning to politicians to abstain from misinformation and disinformation as the 2023 general election draws closer. The coalition consists of Africa Check, Dubawa, FactCheckHub, FactsMatterNG, Daily Trust, The Cable, …
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