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US exposes alleged AI-driven Russian ‘bot farm’
THE United States has uncovered an AI-powered information operation run from Russia involving about 1,000 social media accounts posing as Americans.
The accounts on X...
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GlobalFact 11: Fact-checkers critique social media platforms’ efforts at combatting information disorder
Stakeholders at the just concluded GlobalFact 11 conference have criticised social media platforms for their insufficient efforts in combating misinformation and disinformation despite their...
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GlobalFact 11: ‘Now is the time to do something’ – Ressa tells tech giants
NOBEL laureate and journalist, Maria Ressa, has called on tech giants, some of whom are also sponsors of the GlobalFact 11, to protect democracy...
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Ghana to host 3rd Africa Facts summit in October
THE Africa Check on Friday announced Ghana as the host-country for the 2024 Africa Facts summit billed for October 9 – 10 in Accra.
According...
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Fact-checking essential to free speech, not censorship – IFCN
Fact-checkers from across the world have called on the public to support the fact-checking community globally as they face increasing hostility, including online threats,...
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Over 900 AI-generated news websites uncovered – Report
NewsGuard said it has identified over 900 Unreliable AI-generated news and information websites labeled "UAINS".
The findings come from NewsGuard's AI Tracking Center, which aims...
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Again, Okonjo-Iweala debunks viral post on Nigeria’s debt profile attributed to her
THE Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has debunked a viral quote attributed to her regarding Nigeria's debt profile and fuel subsidy removal.
She...
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FactsMatterNG, 38 others get Google/YouTube grant from IFCN
FactsMatterNG, a Nigerian digital-driven organisation that supports fact-checking amplification across social media platforms, is among the 39 organisations from 34 countries that receive a...
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67 per cent of top brands inadvertently advertise on misinformation websites – Study
A study published in the journal, Nature, by researchers at Stanford and Carnegie Mellon has shown that most prominent brands are inadvertently funding online...
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OpenAI disrupts Israeli, Chinese, Russian influence campaigns
OpenAI has announced that it disrupted covert influence campaigns originating from Russia, China, Israel and Iran.
The artificial intelligence (AI) company disclosed in its report...
