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Top AI chatbots can be easily manipulated to spread health disinformation – Report
A new international study has shown that it is easy to manipulate widely-used AI chatbots to deliver false and potentially harmful health information.
In the...
General
2024 OCCRP report naming Tinubu among most corrupt leaders resurfaces online
A 2024 report by the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), which listed the Nigerian President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as one of the...
General
Image does not show Ronaldo with infant Vitinha and Mendes
A viral image showing football star, Cristiano Ronaldo, cradling two babies has resurfaced online with claims suggesting the infants are now his Portuguese national...
News
Senegal to host 2025 Africa Facts summit
THE Africa Check on Monday announced Senegal as the host country for the 2025 Africa Facts summit billed for October 1 – 2 in Dakar.
According...
Tutorials
Doxxing explained: what it is and how to stay safe
EARLIER this year, a video surfaced online displaying photos of 87 alleged loan defaulters in Nigeria, accompanied by the caption, “Please settle your loan.”
Also...
News
Global Fact-Check Chatbot launched to fight disinformation worldwide
OVER 60 fact-checking organisations, including FactCheckHub, have launched the Global Fact‑Check Chatbot (GFC), an artificial intelligence-powered tool aimed at delivering fast, verified fact-checks in...
News
GlobalFact12: IFCN urges action as AI, funding gaps threaten fact-checking
THE director of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), Angie Drobnic Holan, has called on fact-checkers globally to remain united, innovative, and resilient amidst growing...
News
AFP, Aos Fatos, others win IFCN’s GlobalFact 12 awards
FACT-CHECKERS and journalism organisations from around the world have been honoured for their outstanding contributions to truth and accountability during the Global Fact 12...
News
GlobalFact12: Brazilian leaders reject ‘censorship’ tag, urge action against online misinformation
TOP Brazilian judicial and legal officials have insisted that regulating misinformation on digital platforms should not be seen as an attack on freedom of...
Climate Change
Misinformation worsening climate crisis – Report
RAMPANT misinformation is worsening climate crisis and pushing the world closer to catastrophe, a new report by the International Panel on Information Environment (IPIE)...
