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OpenAI disrupts Iranian influence campaigns targeting US election
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How misinformation about Samoa Agreement caused uproar in Nigeria
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Disinformation actors are using crypto to influence elections – Report
A new report from the blockchain analytics firm, Chainalysis, has shown that cryptocurrency is being used to finance and facilitate disinformation campaigns globally.
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Coordinated disinformation networks flooded social media before EU elections – Report
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Social media: How fake news fuels Nigeria’s farmers-herders conflict
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41 accounts use AI to mass-produce political misinformation on TikTok – Report
A new report by NewsGuard has uncovered how 41 TikTok accounts are using AI-generated narration to disseminate political misinformation at scale.
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Viral photos do not show recent arrest of ritual suspects in Ondo State
AN X user, Harry (@chiditweets042), has posted two photos:...
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Did Zamfara Government allocate over N1 billion to bandits, media houses?
A memo insinuating that the Zamfara State Sovernment had...
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Video does not show recent army mobilization against Turji-led bandits in Sokoto
A video showing soldiers on parade has resurfaced online...
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Lauretta Onochie shares false image of Nigerian woman arrested for hate speech on TikTok
A former Presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie, has posted a...
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Indian-aligned network using AI, fake accounts to target nation’s ‘foes’ uncovered
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