JOB cuts by major social media companies is affecting many teams saddled with the task of curbing misinformation and disinformation on those social platforms. It will be recalled that major social media platforms have spent years in expanding their efforts …
THE presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has shared a photo of himself holding a newspaper amid speculations that the former Lagos Governor was receiving medical attention in the United Kingdom. Recall that following Tinubu‘s …
By Harrison Edeh PANELLISTS at the Nigerian Fact-checkers Coalition Conference in Abuja on Tuesday asked social media companies, including Twitter and Facebook to take more steps in halting the spread of fake news. They expressed concern that fake new is …
Doctors, scientists, among other health professionals, have banded together to amplify health-related information on the microblogging platform, Twitter. The team, which comprises health professionals from various institutions, was formed to combat health misinformation on Twitter, following the widespread false information …
THREE doctors have filed a complaint against Twitter following the suspension of their accounts for allegedly spreading misinformation on the platform. The physicians, through their attorneys, filed the complaint on June 27, 2022 after the microblogging platform had suspended their …
RESEARCHERS at the University of Washington Center for an Informed Public have recommended steps that could reduce viral misinformation on Twitter. Following a study carried out to look at millions of tweets, several steps were found to be effective in …
TWITTER has announced a new policy for dealing with misinformation during a period of crisis. As part of the new policy, it has also established new standards for gatekeeping or blocking the promotion of certain tweets capable of spreading misinformation. …
FOLLOWING the successful acquisition of Twitter by billionaire investor and businessman Elon Musk which has elicited mixed reactions on social media, several images which show tweets purportedly originating from his verified Twitter handle have surfaced online. Twitter reached an agreement …
IN a bid to tackle misinformation on its micro-blogging platform, Twitter has partnered with two international news platforms, the Associated Press (AP) and Reuters. Making the announcement in a blog post, Twitter stated that the collaboration will help the platform …
On Saturday June 12, 2021, Many Nigerians across multiple locations took to the street in protest to show and air their grievance and dissatisfaction with the government. This contributed to the continuing trending of the hashtag #June12thProtest. June 12 is …
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