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New study reveals increasing sales of X gold badge on dark web platforms

Insights Fatimah Quadri -
A study by CloudSEK, a cybersecurity firm, has revealed that there is an increase in sales of compromised X accounts with the Gold verification...

Partisan biases increase vulnerability to fake news – Study

Insights Nurudeen Akewushola -
A study published on Frontiers in Psychology has shown that while news media literacy helps individuals recognize and doubt news from unfamiliar sources, strong...

How AI shaped misinformation landscape in 2023 – Report

News Nurudeen Akewushola -
THE rise of artificial intelligence in 2023 has transformed the misinformation landscape as it provided new tools for bad actors to create manipulative articles,...

Ghana to implement action plan against misinformation in 2024

News Nurudeen Akewushola -
STAKEHOLDERS in Ghana's media sector have deliberated on a comprehensive National Action Plan to tackle the rising challenge of misinformation and disinformation in the...

How search engines are amplifying misinformation – Study

News Fatimah Quadri -
A new study published by Nature has highlighted how search engines play a key role in the amplification and belief of misinformation while seeking...

Nigeria to partner UNESCO to tackle fake news in rural areas

News Nurudeen Akewushola -
NIGERIA's minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris Malagi, has said the nation will partner the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization...

2023 in Review: Major fake news that clouded Nigeria’s media space

Insights Fatimah Quadri -
MAJOR events like the 2023 general elections had their fair share of misinformation and disinformation that contributed to the malaise in Nigeria's media space. ...

Top 10 political claims we fact-checked in 2023

Insights Nurudeen Akewushola -
NIGERIA's general election is arguably one of the biggest events of 2023. The election was characterized by various forms of inaccurate and misleading claims...

How disinformation actors fuelled violence, voter apathy in Imo governorship election

Elections Opeyemi Kehinde -
On November 11, 2023, off-cycle gubernatorial elections were held in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi states in Nigeria. The electoral umpire, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),...

FactCheck247 trains Kwara community on fighting misinformation

News Nurudeen Akewushola -
­FACTCHECK247, a fact-checking platform in Nigeria, has sensitized members of a Kwara community on the danger of information disorder and the need for a...
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