The media space, especially social media platforms, has been inundated with claims that the current spread of monkeypox was linked to at least four United States biological laboratories in Nigeria. Monkeypox in 2022 was first found on May 6 in …
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 …
FOLLOWING the Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a report detailing how fictional narratives about Ukraine were created by pro-Kremlin media has been released. The report was detailed in a research initiated by a fact-checking platform, hibrid.info, in cooperation with the Journalism …
A report by the Digital Forensics Research Lab (DFRLab) has accused Yandex of succumbing to Russia’s domestic regulations by suppressing Ukraine war information for its users in Russia. The report noted that the search engine has promoted state media and …
GOOGLE has announced plans to roll out new features that enhance access to trusted information as well as invest $10 million to address the spread of misinformation, especially about the realities and facts of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The …
AMID the ongoing Russia – Ukraine crisis, a viral post shared on Facebook on Monday, February 28, 2022, claimed that Russia has a nuclear missile called ‘Satan 2’ capable of destroying the whole world. The post which contains some texts …
WHEN Russia invaded Ukraine last week, several disinformations were in circulation which prompted the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) to swing into action. The IFCN is a body that brings together about 120 fact-checking organisations and advocates of factual information from …
A new report from First Draft, an organisation working to check the spread of fake news says foreign narratives and conspiracy theories, contributed to COVID-19 misinformation in the West African region. According to the report published in June 2021, using …