NIGERIA’s minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has called for an upward review of the budgetary allocation for the ministry of information and culture to combat fake news, disinformation, and hate speech across the country. Mohammed said his ministry …
NIGERIA’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, has called on all nations, multilateral and donor agencies to support global financing of Media and Information Literacy (MIL) to curb the spread of misinformation and disinformation. Buhari, who was represented by his Chief of Staff, …
THE Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has said the proliferation of electoral disinformation, misinformation and weaponisation of fake news, pose threat to the legitimacy of Nigeria’s 2023 polls. CDD’s Executive Director, Idayat Hassan, disclosed this in a statement on …
FORMER Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, has urged Nigerians to shun fake news, hate speech and propaganda ahead of the nation’s 2023 general election. Jonathan made this remark on Tuesday at the second edition of the ‘peace conference’ organised by the …
THE Nigerian government has said that insecurity experienced in some parts of the country is being aggravated by fake news and misinformation. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, stated this in Abuja while representing President Muhammadu Buhari at …
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 …
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