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IFCN awards 2024 GROW grants to 20 organisations

The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at the Poynter Institute, has awarded $50,000 each from the 2024 GROW grant to 20 fact-checking organisations globally to...

Experts emphasise mental health support for media employees

MENTAL health experts have urged media employers to provide periodic training and counselling support to their staff, including journalists covering crime, disaster and trauma-related...

Malicious actors using ChatGPT to influence elections – Report

A recent report by OpenAI has revealed how its AI model, ChatGPT is being used to generate fake content, including long-form articles and social...

BBC, Faso-check win big at 2024 Africa Facts summit

FACT-CHECKERS from The BBC global disinformation team in Nigeria and Faso Check from Burkina Faso have emerged winners at the 2024 African Fact-checking Awards...

AF2024: Fact-checkers, media urged to sanitise Africa’s information landscape

EXPERTS at the Africa Facts summit have urged journalists and fact-checkers across the continent to sanitise Africa's information landscape amidst surge in global information...

X suspends over 5m accounts in 6 months for violating its rules

A total of about 5.3 million X accounts were suspended in the first half of 2024 for violating its rules, the social media platform...

Africa Center trains fact-checkers, journalists on countering disinformation campaigns

Critical stakeholders in Nigeria's information systems have been charged to come together to curb the surge of disinformation in the country. Dr. Mark Duerksen, the...

#EdoDecides2024: NFC sets to combat AI-misinformation, as stakeholders task media, tech coys to support fact-checkers to ensure election integrity

By Caleb Ijioma   Some critical stakeholders in Saturday’s Edo State Governorship Election have urged the media and technology platforms such as Meta, X, and...

Nigerian Fact-Checkers’ Coalition launches situation rooms for Edo election, warns against misinformation

THE Nigerian Fact-Checkers’ Coalition (NFC) has launched Election Situation Rooms in Abuja and Lagos to monitor and combat misinformation and disinformation ahead of the...

Indian-aligned network using AI, fake accounts to target nation’s ‘foes’ uncovered

A new report by NewsGuard has uncovered massive India-aligned influence operation using AI-generated content and fake social media accounts to promote pro-India propaganda and...

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