How ICIR-led fact-checking clubs in Nigerian universities are taking media literacy campaigns to grassroots
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Partisan biases increase vulnerability to fake news – Study
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FactCheck247 trains Kwara community on fighting misinformation
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Nigerian government tasks editors on media literacy, fact-checking
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ICIR seeks applications for its Countering Misinformation, Promoting Media Literacy project
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The Countering...
Good governance: Critical thinking skill necessary to combat misinformation
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Beware of online platforms claiming to be doing fact-checks, fact-checkers warn
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Experts call for increased media literacy, collaborations to tackle fake news
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