When the woman from the health centre arrived at her door, Mama Zainab refused to let her in. “You’re not giving my child that poison,” she said, slamming the door […]
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The increased adoption of digital technology and the rise of Artificial Intelligence has flooded the information landscape, in what experts described as ‘information overload.’ Evidently so, the Global social media
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On July 26, 2024, an X account @NoNonsensezone uploaded a video showing President Bola Tinubu in a meeting with the Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Enitan, and the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Abubakar. The post’s author claimed
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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 part revealed that participants
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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
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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
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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’
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