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False claims that Mike Tyson is dead circulates on Facebook

General Fatimah Quadri -
A claim that a former American  professional boxer, Mike Tyson, is dead has circulated widely on Facebook. The claim was posted on a Facebook group...

What Trump’s second term means for information resilience, media credibility

Insights Fatimah Quadri -
On January 20, 2025, Donald Trump becomes the 47th President of the United States of America (USA) marking the beginning of his second term...

Mixed reactions as Meta ends fact-checking programme in US, embraces community notes

News Fatimah Quadri -
META’s announcement on Tuesday that it will end its third-party fact-checking programme in the United States and transition to a user-driven Community Notes system...

Image showing SSS officials at national assembly entrance is old!

General Fatimah Quadri -
A claim that the State Security Services (SSS) have taken over the National Assembly to impeach the sitting senate president, Godswill Akpabio has surfaced...

NTA page advertising Ponzi scheme is fake!

General Fatimah Quadri -
A Facebook post that is advertising an investment networking scheme has been circulating online. The post, allegedly shared by a Facebook page with the name...

GlobalFact 11: Fact-checkers critique social media platforms’ efforts at combatting information disorder

News Fatimah Quadri -
Stakeholders at the just concluded GlobalFact 11 conference have criticised social media platforms for their insufficient efforts in combating misinformation and disinformation despite their...

EU probes Meta over election disinformation concerns

News Nurudeen Akewushola -
THE European Union (EU) has launched an investigation into Meta-owned Facebook and Instagram over the failure of the platforms to counter disinformation ahead of...

Meta announces tool to identify, label AI-generated images ahead of global elections

News Fatimah Quadri -
META has announced that it is increasing the scope of its efforts to detect images that have been altered by artificial intelligence. This was made...

Beware of malicious Facebook accounts impersonating UNILAG vice-chancellor

General Opeyemi Kehinde -
At least five Facebook accounts claim to belong to the vice-chancellor of the University of Lagos, Folasade Ogunsola, who is also a professor of...

How true is the claim that Rahama Saidu was expelled from Kebbi nursing school over her social media posts?

General Opeyemi Kehinde -
A claim that Rahama Saidu was expelled from Kebbi state College of Nursing Sciences over her social media posts has been circulating online. Miss Saidu,...
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