Deepfakes at Scale: Journalism’s Verification Challenge
The unique challenge of deepfakes lies in their ability to undermine the “seeing is believing” principle that everyone unconsciously observes. Though... Read more.
Bridging Human Rights and Digital Rights in the Digital Age
Digital Rights as Human Rights From communications to social services to remittances and building social connections with people, digital is the new world order.... Read more.
AI and Disinformation: A Discursive Analysis of West African Election
Summary AI-generated disinformation—including deepfakes, bot networks, and voice cloning—plays a role in amplifying ethnic and religious divisions, undermining... Read more.
Dispelling the Myths of Using AI in Journalism: The Good, Bad, and Ugly
Technology has enhanced the effectiveness of work in various disciplines, including journalism, which has enabled journalists to improve their work. However, the... Read more.
Phishing Scams in the Digital Era: How to Protect Yourself Online
People tend to believe that they cannot fall victim to a phishing attack, even though real-life situations have shown that anyone could fall prey. Here’s a typical... Read more.
The Growing Menace of Spam Messages on Twitter: What Users Need to Know
Olumuyiwa Igbalajobi, an X user, shared his frustration with spam messages on X. His grievances are among many that encounter the same challenge on the platform. ... Read more.
The psychology of information disorder: Understanding humans’ susceptibility to Viral Content.
According to the European Commission (2018), 68% of Europeans report encountering fake news at least once a week. Similarly, a survey in which 755 people took... Read more.
Media and Information Literacy: A Mitigation to Combatting Information Disorder
Even as information and knowledge are being produced daily in various ways, information disorders continue to pose a significant challenge to people if not tackled... Read more.
Harnessing AI to Tackle Misinformation: Opportunities and Challenges
Artificial Intelligence has been regarded as a transformational tool for media practice. Conversely, the advent of different AI technologies has made the spread... Read more.
Optimising artificial intelligence tools while retaining ethical journalism
Artificial Intelligence (AI) optimization means making changes to AI in order to increase its efficiency and performance. AI optimization helps in streamlining... Read more.