Daily Archives: May 16, 2025
Fact Guage:
Insights
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...
News
AI chatbots more likely to spread false claims in Russian and Chinese – Report
A recent NewsGuard audit across seven languages has found that the top 10 artificial intelligence models are significantly more likely to generate false claims...
General
False claim portraying Tems as Ghanaian circulates online
AN X user, @BenopaOnyx1, has posted an image of Temilade Openiyi popularly called 'Tems' alongside a claim that the recent Grammy awardee is a...
General
Viral post claiming Ned Nwoko reconciled 2Baba, Annie Idibia is MISLEADING
A Facebook account, Regina Daniel Fanz, has posted an image featuring Nigerian musician, Innocent Ujah Idibia, popularly known as 2Baba, alongside his estranged wife,...
General
NPC is NOT recruiting ad-hoc staff for population census
A website allegedly from the National Population Commission (NPC) is circulating on social media with a claim that the commission is receiving applications for...
Insights
How AI-generated videos could fuel sports misinformation
FOLLOWING the Manchester City defeat against Spur in the Carabao Cup in November 2024, an Instagram account, @memerunnergpt posted an AI-generated clip showing the...
General
Old video of Ramaphosa slamming Trump recirculates online
AN old video showing South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, criticizing U.S. president, Donald Trump, is being shared online with a claim that it depicts...
Government Policy
Nigerian govt makes false claim about student loan disbursement (UPDATED)
PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led Nigerian government has claimed that over N104 billion had been disbursed to 600 student-beneficiaries under the Nigerian Education Loan Fund...
Economy
Nigerian government makes false completion claims over Akwa Ibom highway project
By Ekemini SIMON
DESPITE billions of naira spent on the reconstruction of federal highways across the country, many of the projects have either been stalled...
Insights
What is the position of law on doxing ‘loan defaulters?’
DIGITAL money lending firms, popularly known as ‘loan apps’ have continued posting alleged ‘loan defaulters’ photos online. But the big question is, what does...
