Daily Archives: Oct 23, 2026
Fact Guage:
News
AFP, Dubawa, TheCable, others win 2023 African Fact-checking Awards
Fact-checkers from Agence France-Presse (AFP), Dubawa and TheCable Check, among others have emerged winners at the 2023 African Fact-checking Awards held on Friday, October...
News
AI voice technology used to create misleading videos on TikTok – Report
A new report by NewsGuard has revealed that a network of 17 TikTok accounts is exploiting hyper-realistic AI voice technology to disseminate conspiracy content...
News
EU decries increased disinformation posts on X
THE European Union (EU) Commission has declared X (formerly Twitter), the social media platform with the largest ratio of misinformation and disinformation posts.
The Commission’s...
Insights
Elon Musk’s policy change fuels engagement of unchecked propaganda on X – Report
ELON Musk's policy change on X on state-affiliated labels has led to a significant increase in engagement for Russian, Chinese, and Iranian state-run media...
News
Sarajevo, Rio de Janeiro selected to host GlobalFact 11, 12
THE International Fact-checking Network (IFCN) has announced that the GlobalFact 11 will take place in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina in June 2024 while the...
General
Video attributed to #justice4Mohbad protest in Abeokuta is MISLEADING
A claim that protesters are looting traders' stalls at the venue of the #Justice4Mohbad protest in Abeokuta, Ogun State organised in honour of the...
News
X ranks worst in climate change misinformation scorecard
THE Climate Action Against Disinformation has ranked Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) as the least-performing among social media platforms due to its poor approach...
Government Policy
Claim that bank verification number expires after 10 years resurfaces online
A claim that the Bank Verification Number (BVN) issued to customers by banks in Nigeria expires after 10 years has resurfaced on social media.
The...
News
Study exposes gaps in Meta’s policies against COVID-19 misinformation
A new research published on Science Advances has revealed that the COVID-19 vaccine misinformation policies of Facebook owned by Meta were not effective in reducing...
Economy
Did NBS say Kwara is the 3rd most expensive state to live in Nigeria?
ON Tuesday, September 19, a verified X user, MohdBashir Olanrewaju Abdulyekeen, with the handle: @Abdyekeen_Bash claimed that the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has...
