Blender Bot 3, the new chatbot Meta is test-running has slammed Facebook and spread fake news, reports have shown. The chatbot, launched on August 5, 2022, by Meta, is a new prototype in its series of Blender Bots, which uses …
NIGERIA’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said the 2022 Global Media and Information Literacy (GMIL) Week of UNESCO, will give a boost to the federal government’s war against hate speech, fake news and misinformation. The Minister stated …
A WEB portal allegedly from the National Population Commission (NPC) is circulating on social media with a claim that the Commission is receiving applications from eligible Nigerians for the NPC ad-hoc recruitment exercise. The post, which was retrieved from WhatsApp …
Russia has fined Alphabet Inc.’s Google $373 million for allegedly promoting fake news on its platform. The development is in line with Russia’s efforts to keep mainstream media in check since the emergence of its war with Ukraine. Google was …
THE Department of State Services (DSS) has described fake news and social media as the biggest threat to the 2023 general elections. The DSS spokesperson Peter Afunanya, while responding to questions from journalists at a briefing in Abuja said sharing …
AS NIGERIA prepares for its 2023 general elections, the Federal Government of Nigeria has urged the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) to help in combating the menace of fake news in the country. This call was made in Abuja by …
THE AMERICAN multinational technology conglomerate Meta Platforms Inc., formerly known as Facebook, Inc., has visited the head office of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) in Abuja to pledge its support in a bid to strengthen the fight against …
EMPHASIS has again been placed on the need to empower the citizens with basic verification skills in order to fight against political misinformation and disinformation that could mar Nigeria’s 2023 general elections. This call was made by experts on Friday …
IN a bid to curb the spread of misinformation on its platform, YouTube has proposed three new steps. This development is coming a few weeks after the video-sharing and social media platform announced its intention to collaborate with fact-checkers, using …
The Nigerian Government has charged radio stations in the country to abstain from fake news and to ensure that only credible and factual information is aired through their mediums. Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, gave the charge …