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Top AI chatbots can be easily manipulated to spread health disinformation – Report

A new international study has shown that it is easy to manipulate widely-used AI chatbots to deliver false and potentially harmful health information. In the...

How Facebook Ads fuel phishing scams in Nigeria

In recent years, Facebook, owned by Meta Platforms Inc, has evolved into a powerful advertising platform, allowing businesses and individuals to reach millions of...

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

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...

How to verify social media profiles, pages

FAKE social media pages pose a serious threat to all users as some impersonate individuals, businesses, and organizations to spread scams, misinformation, and identity...

OPINION: The case for facts

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...

Meta’s policy shifts raise questions on online safety, misinformation – Report

A new report by the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) has warned that the impact of Meta's policy changes could be significant, with as...

Meta to test ‘Community Notes’ using algorithms from X

META has announced plans to test its new 'Community Notes' feature across its social media platforms on March 18, 2025 as it shifts away...

How Meta’s policy change may boost fake death hoaxes on Facebook

AMIDST increasing efforts by fact-checking organizations globally to empower the public with information resilience skills, hoaxes, particularly those of celebrity death, continue to spread...

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

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...

Davos 2025: Advertisers urged to combat disinformation on social media platforms

ADVERTISERS have been urged to use their financial influence to combat the growing threat of disinformation on social media platforms. This call was made by...

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Former president Yar’adua did NOT die abroad

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A look at false claims that defined Buhari’s presidency

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AI-generated video falsely presented as Rihanna tribute to Diogo Jota

A claim that Barbadian singer Robyn Rihanna Fenty, popularly known...