THE Department of State Services (DSS) has described fake news and social media as the biggest threat to the 2023 general elections. The DSS spokesperson Peter Afunanya, while responding to questions from journalists at a briefing in Abuja said sharing …
TWO fact-checks published by the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR), have been shortlisted for the Global Fact 9 award in Norway. The reports were shortlisted under the High Impact Fact-Check category. Global Fact 9, the only conference dedicated to …
THE National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has issued a Code of Practice for interactive computer service platforms like Twitter, WhatsApp, Facebook, Tik Tok and others. In a statement issued on Monday, Hadiza Umar, NITDA’s head of corporate affairs and …
Telegram has put up measures to curb misinformation in Brazil ahead of the country’s presidential election in October 2022. In a report by Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), the cross-platform instant messaging app says it will create a channel of …
THE Chief Executive Officer of YouTube, Susan Wojcicki, has restated the commitment of the video-streaming site to curbing misinformation and promoting free speech on its platform. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Wojcicki said that misinformation remains a …
TWITTER has announced a new policy for dealing with misinformation during a period of crisis. As part of the new policy, it has also established new standards for gatekeeping or blocking the promotion of certain tweets capable of spreading misinformation. …
A new study by Naral Pro-Choice America’s research team has revealed how some Facebook pages are spreading disinformation in Spanish language about abortion to millions of users on the platform. The study revealed that the social media platform is making …
FOLLOWING the Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a report detailing how fictional narratives about Ukraine were created by pro-Kremlin media has been released. The report was detailed in a research initiated by a fact-checking platform, hibrid.info, in cooperation with the Journalism …
JOURNALISTS, fact-checkers, policymakers, tech and media experts will converge in Oslo, Norway between June 22 – 25, 2022 to attend the ninth edition of the Global Fact conference. This year’s gathering, otherwise known as Global Fact 9, is one of …
The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) has revealed plans to assist fact-checkers globally to tackle misinformation on WhatsApp, the world’s largest messaging app, through grant support. According to Poynter Institute’s IFCN, the support, in partnership with Meta, tagged “Spread the Facts …
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