Ben was scrolling through his Instagram page when he received a message from a close friend asking him to click on a link to vote for her in a beauty […]
Silas Jonathan, the digital investigations manager for the Digital Technology, Artificial Intelligence, and Information Disorder Analysis Centre (DAIDAC), has won the 2025 Michael Elliot Award for Excellence in African Storytelling
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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 swiftly. One of the crucial
Media and Information Literacy: A Mitigation to Combatting Information Disorder Read More »
Source: Techthirsty It started with a flurry of WhatsApp calls from an unknown number at 6:30 a.m. The persistent ringing prompted me to check my phone, and to my surprise,
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The rapid growth of digital platforms and algorithm-driven content distribution in today’s world has made it easier than ever for disinformation and misinformation to spread. Many researchers like Alice Marwick
The Hausa language accounts for millions of speakers across the West African subregion, being spoken in Nigeria, Niger, Cameroun, and Ghana, among others, and with a growing number of users
Russia’s Playbook: How Local-Language Narratives Shape Influence in West Africa Read More »
The memories of 2014 still linger as a stark reminder of the devastating power of misinformation. Who can forget the chaos that erupted when the Ebola pandemic swept through West
The Information Disorder Trap: How to Avoid Falling Victim in Nigeria Read More »
Between its re-introduction as X’s flagship approach to tackling disinformation by Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement that Meta is adopting the same method in lieu of fact-checkers, ‘Community Notes’
Artificial Intelligence has been regarded as a transformational tool for media practice. Conversely, the advent of different AI technologies has made the spread of misinformation easier, speedier, and cheaper. However,
Harnessing AI to Tackle Misinformation: Opportunities and Challenges Read More »
Introduction/Background It has been over a year since the citizens went to the polls and Bola Tinubu was declared the winner of the presidential election, and about eight months after
Post-Election X/Twitter Activity Analysis of Key 2023 Nigerian Presidential Candidates Read More »
