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How to use Google Fact Check Explorer for crosschecking information

Tutorials Abdullahi Muritala -
Google Fact Check Explorer is a simple tool that allows online users to verify information by providing fact-checked content from trusted sources especially credible...

Global fact-checkers grapple with harassment, cyberattacks and financial instability – Report

News Nurudeen Akewushola -
A new report by the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) has revealed that fact-checking organisations across the world are operating under increasing pressure, persistent harassment,...

Navigating information space: experts debate the role of community notes in fact-checking

News Fatimah Quadri -
AS misinformation and disinformation continue to shape public discourse, experts on Friday gathered to discuss the role of community notes in combating false information. Hosted...

OPINION: The case for facts

Insights FactCheckHub -
Verifiable evidence remains journalism’s foundation, despite mounting attacks on the press, WRITES Angie Drobnic Holan. Picture a world where evidence doesn’t matter, where the loudest...

What happens if you “get rid” of fact-checking?

Insights Opeyemi Kehinde -
Joel Kaplan, Zuckerberg’s second in command at Meta, has recently said that community notes will launch “elsewhere” in 2026, including the EU. This is the...

Armour for the digital age: Three easy tools to help you verify information in 2025

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By Kirsten Cosser If 2024 is remembered as the year of elections, 2025 may be the year of the aftermath. Misinformation thrives in times of...

Watch out for these disinformation trends in 2025!

Insights Nurudeen Akewushola -
Disinformation has long plagued Nigeria's information landscape, influencing public perception, deepening social divides, and undermining trust in both public and private institutions. Its effects have...

15 Nigerian public figures targeted with misinformation in 2024

Insights Nurudeen Akewushola -
Imagine waking up one morning to find your face splashed across social media with a "Rest in Peace" watermark or being falsely accused of...

50 African fact-checking organisations sign declaration on information integrity

News Fatimah Quadri -
AFRICAN  fact-checkers from over 50 organisations spanning at least 30 countries have united under a new declaration to confront the spread of false information...

Did Jonathan inherit over $50bn foreign reserve? 

Economy Nurudeen Akewushola -
AN X user, Wale Adebayo(@Mari09ja) has claimed that former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan inherited a foreign reserve of over $50bn when he assumed the...
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