How waving of Russian flags at ‘hunger’ protest signals growing influence operations in Nigeria
The August 'End Bad Governance' protest in Nigeria took a new turn on its third day when some Nigerian demonstrators, particularly in the northern...
Coordinated disinformation networks flooded social media before EU elections – Report
Dutch researchers have revealed that coordinated networks of accounts spreading disinformation flooded social media in France, Germany and Italy before the elections to the...
41 accounts use AI to mass-produce political misinformation on TikTok – Report
A new report by NewsGuard has uncovered how 41 TikTok accounts are using AI-generated narration to disseminate political misinformation at scale.
The platform described it...
US exposes alleged AI-driven Russian ‘bot farm’
THE United States has uncovered an AI-powered information operation run from Russia involving about 1,000 social media accounts posing as Americans.
The accounts on X...
OpenAI disrupts Israeli, Chinese, Russian influence campaigns
OpenAI has announced that it disrupted covert influence campaigns originating from Russia, China, Israel and Iran.
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How Russia runs disinformation campaign against Zelensky – Report
A recent Washington Post report based on Kremlin documents has unraveled how Russian President Vladimir Putin’s administration used a group of Russian political strategists...
Germany uncovers pro-Russia disinformation campaign on X – Report
DIGITAL forensic experts in Germany have uncovered a vast, pro-Russia disinformation campaign against the government using thousands of fake accounts on X.
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Meta, TikTok, remove about 9,000 accounts linked to Chinese disinformation campaigns
META said it has shut down close to 9,000 Facebook and Instagram accounts, groups and pages associated with a Chinese political spam network that...
Claim that Wagner group arrives Mali to support Niger is misleading
A claim that the Russian mercenary group, Wagner Group, has just arrived Mali to provide support for the coup-led military regime in Niger is...
Did US-funded Biolabs in Nigeria lead to monkeypox outbreak?
The media space, especially social media platforms, has been inundated with claims that the current spread of monkeypox was linked to at least four...
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How waving of Russian flags at ‘hunger’ protest signals growing influence operations in Nigeria
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False claim that Yemi Adenuga has won Irish election circulates online
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Video of people looting buried chickens is NOT recent
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How waving of Russian flags at ‘hunger’ protest signals growing influence operations in Nigeria
The August 'End Bad Governance' protest in Nigeria took...
Elections
False claim that Yemi Adenuga has won Irish election circulates online
A claim that the Nigerian-Irish politician, Yemi Adenuga, who...
General
No! Video does not show dead bodies recovered from Borno flood
AN X user, Obiasogu David (@afrisagacity) has posted a...
General
Video of people looting buried chickens is NOT recent
An X user, @obongattahikang, has posted a video showing...
Security
Video does not show recent gunmen attack in Nigeria’s Southeast
A video showing vehicles engulfed by fire has resurfaced...
