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Google announces initiatives to help curb misinformation, improve media literacy in Africa
GOOGLE has announced additional initiatives through the Google News Initiative (GIS) to support African journalists and fact-checking organisations to advance media literacy in the...
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2023 Election: Nigerian military warns politicians, social media handlers against disinformation
NIGERIA's Defence Headquarters has warned politicians and their social media handlers to desist from misusing images and visuals of military personnel to campaign and...
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How misinformation about vaccine safety aids reluctance to vaccinate children in US
A recent study has shown how misinformation about vaccine safety influenced the reluctance to vaccinate children in the United States.
The study, titled: "Misinformation about...
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Misinformation, disinformation could mar Nigeria’s 2023 elections, CDD warns
THE Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has said the proliferation of electoral disinformation, misinformation and weaponisation of fake news, pose threat to the...
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INEC urges media organisations to fact-check stories before dissemination
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has tasked media organisations in Nigeria to always fact-check stories before processing them for public consumption.
INEC chairman, Professor...
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TikTok updates policies following alleged misinformation
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...
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2023 election: Jonathan urges Nigerians to shun fake news, hate speech
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...
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Effective measures required to curb spread of disinformation, misinformation via text message
THERE are more conversations about how to combat election disinformation and misinformation on social media, but there seems not to be a comparable effort...
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2023 elections: Media houses urged to embrace fact-checking
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...
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Panellists at fact-checkers conference task Facebook, Twitter to halt fake news
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...
