We tracked TikTok man glorifying coups, calling for Russian alliance: Guess who and where he hails from?
Silas Jonathan | August 12, 2023 A recent viral video on WhatsApp featured a captivating three-minute clip titled “We are coming with Coups,” featuring a man... Read more.
The threat of disinformation: How AI is fuelling an information war and testing human scepticism
Cole Praise | June 1, 2023 The advent of AI Artificial Intelligence, commonly called AI, are not independent by themselves. They have become so sophisticated that... Read more.
Five times AI-generated images misled the public in 2023
Lademi Aborisade | January 12, 2024 Last year, we saw the acceleration of AI-generated images and how they can be used to mislead people. AI generates new images... Read more.
How to spot deepfake audio clips blended by artificial intelligence tools
Ibrahim Adeyemi | April 28, 2023 In the realm of digital media and information manipulation, deepfake technology has gained popularity. This artificial... Read more.
Audio-based Deepfakes: Risks, detection, and verification techniques
Image Source: Howtogeek Silas Jonathan | April 2023 Jennifer DeStefano, a mother from Scottsdale, Arizona, received a hoax call in which her 15-year-old... Read more.
12 common AI tools used to misinform & disinform in 2023
Cole Praise | December 29, 2023 In 2023, fake news and deep fakes were both rampant due to the noticeable influx of artificial intelligence (AI) tools. Below are... Read more.
INVESTIGATION: Odalo, Nigeria’s Twitter swindler faking “heart disease” to scam women
Simbiat Bakere | November 4, 2023 On a day when stars seemed at peace, Elsa (who requested that we use only her first name) fell for the oldest wooing trick... Read more.
Alexandra: Scammers extort millions using 9-year-old girl as bait
Phillip Anjorin and Silas Jonathan | August 9, 2022 Anyone with an iota of compassion will feel pity for Alexandra. On several social media platforms, Alexandra,... Read more.
SPOTLIGHT: Crowd1 is still around. Here are new ways the platform defraud people
Silas Jonathan, June 1, 2022 In the last quarter of 2020, the BBC Africa Eye released an investigation revealing a global chain of scams under the name... Read more.
Fact-checking Multimedia contents: How to spot fake audio
Silas Jonathan | June 19, 2021 Misinformation and disinformation is as old as the existence of man. As much as I can remember, Thomas, one of Jesus’s disciples,... Read more.