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Nigerian government seeks US support to combat misinformation
THE Nigerian Government has urged the United States to support efforts at instituting best practices in the media space, particularly fact-checking mechanisms towards curbing...
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IFCN awards $1million to 20 fact-checking organizations to expand operations
THE International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at the Poynter Institute has awarded a total of $1 million in funding to twenty organizations to improve the...
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Nigerian government tasks editors on media literacy, fact-checking
PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu has urged Nigerian editors to use media and digital literacy, responsible reportage and fact-checking to stem the spread of misinformation...
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Online disinformation: UNESCO announces plan to regulate social media platforms
THE Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, has said the regulation of social media platforms is imminent to protect access to information "while at the...
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Musk explains how X corrects inaccurate posts with community notes
Elon Musk, the Chief Executive Officer of X (formerly Twitter), has said the platform introduced "Community Notes" to achieve a consensus-driven and non-censoring approach...
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Verified users post 74 per cent of misleading claims about Israel-Hamas war on X – Report
A new report by NewsGuard has revealed that a significant portion of viral posts spreading misinformation about the Israel - Hamas war on the...
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Nov 11 polls : INEC warns against election-related misinformation
AHEAD of the November 11 governorship election in Bayelsa, Kogi, and Imo States, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has again expressed concern over...
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Meta vows to remove Hamas-related disinformation from its platforms
AFTER the European Union criticized social media companies for not doing more to combat disinformation online amid the ongoing Israel - Hamas conflict, Meta...
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EU warns Elon Musk over ‘disinformation’ on X about Israel – Hamas conflict
THE European Union (EU) has warned Elon Musk over alleged disinformation about the Hamas attacks on Israel, including fake news and “repurposed old images”,...
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AFP, Dubawa, TheCable, others win 2023 African Fact-checking Awards
Fact-checkers from Agence France-Presse (AFP), Dubawa and TheCable Check, among others have emerged winners at the 2023 African Fact-checking Awards held on Friday, October...
