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Microsoft, Intel, BBC and others form coalition to combat misinformation

Posted by Kingsley Alaribe
|Date: February 23, 2021
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Microsoft, Intel, BBC and others form coalition to combat misinformation

Misinformation and online content fraud has been rampant in the past few years with increased accessibili ...

Misinformation and online content fraud has been rampant in the past few years with increased accessibility to technology. To combat this growing epidemic, various entities from the technology and med ...

February 23, 2021
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Covid-19 ‘cure’: YouTube suspends US news channel

Posted by Lilian Osigwe
|Date: November 27, 2020
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Covid-19 ‘cure’: YouTube suspends US news channel

One America News Network (OANN) has been suspended by YouTube for sharing misinformation about a ...

One America News Network (OANN) has been suspended by YouTube for sharing misinformation about a Covid-19 "cure". The channel, which is a favourite of President Trump; is also suspended ...

November 27, 2020
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Lekki shooting: Judicial Panel representative unaware Army denied being at Toll Gate

Posted by Gideon Ayogu
|Date: November 22, 2020
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Lekki shooting: Judicial Panel representative unaware Army denied being at Toll Gate

Brig.-Gen. Ahmed Taiwo, Commander of the 81 Division, Military Intelligence Brigade, Victoria Island has ...

Brig.-Gen. Ahmed Taiwo, Commander of the 81 Division, Military Intelligence Brigade, Victoria Island has said that he was unaware that the Nigerian Army Headquarters had denied being at the Lekki Toll ...

November 22, 2020
| by Gideon Ayogu

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TRUEPIC: Camera App designed to fight fake news

Posted by Kingsley Alaribe
|Date: October 19, 2020
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TRUEPIC: Camera App designed to fight fake news

TRUEPIC: ON THE INTERNET nobody knows where or when you took that photo of a dog. Images can be reused an ...

TRUEPIC: ON THE INTERNET nobody knows where or when you took that photo of a dog. Images can be reused and remixed online without a trace—helpful to those trying to spice up their Instagram feed; but ...

October 19, 2020
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Twitter Birdwatch, new tool to combat misinformation

Posted by Kingsley Alaribe
|Date: October 06, 2020
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Twitter Birdwatch, new tool to combat misinformation

BIRDWATCH: Twitter has confirmed that it is developing a new tool to counter misinformation. Dubbed “Bird ...

BIRDWATCH: Twitter has confirmed that it is developing a new tool to counter misinformation. Dubbed “Birdwatch”, the new feature could allow users to flag tweets, add notes to explain their suspicion, ...

October 06, 2020
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Google and Twitter vow to block voting misinformation

Posted by Lilian Osigwe
|Date: September 12, 2020
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Google and Twitter vow to block voting misinformation

Google and Twitter have said they are clamping down further on misinformation online ahead of the ...

Google and Twitter have said they are clamping down further on misinformation online ahead of the US elections. Messaging platforms expect a flood of false claims and misleading posts ah ...

September 12, 2020
| by Lilian Osigwe

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Facebook, Google, Twitter urged by EU to do more against fake news

Posted by Lilian Osigwe
|Date: September 10, 2020
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Facebook, Google, Twitter urged by EU to do more against fake news

Fake News - Two years after agreeing to a self-regulatory code of practice to tackle disinformatio ...

Fake News - Two years after agreeing to a self-regulatory code of practice to tackle disinformation, Facebook, Alphabet’s Google, Twitter and other tech rivals must try harder to be more effect ...

September 10, 2020
| by Lilian Osigwe

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‘Hundreds dead’ because of Covid-19 misinformation

Posted by Lilian Osigwe
|Date: August 12, 2020
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‘Hundreds dead’ because of Covid-19 misinformation

COVID-19 At least 800 people died around the world because of coronavirus-related mi ...

COVID-19 At least 800 people died around the world because of coronavirus-related misinformation in the first three months of this year, researchers say. A study published ...

August 12, 2020
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WhatsApp launches new tool to help users spot fake news

Posted by Kingsley Alaribe
|Date: August 04, 2020
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WhatsApp launches new tool to help users spot fake news

WhatsApp has launched a new tool called ‘Search the web;’ that allows users that have been sent links to ...

WhatsApp has launched a new tool called ‘Search the web;’ that allows users that have been sent links to quickly find information about them from the web. In an example, WhatsApp also showed a link so ...

August 04, 2020
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Court summons Alibaba, Jack Ma on complaint of spreading fake news on UC Browser and UC News

Posted by Lilian Osigwe
|Date: July 26, 2020
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Court summons Alibaba, Jack Ma on complaint of spreading fake news on UC Browser and UC News

A district court in Gurugram has summoned Chinese E-commerce giant Alibaba and its founder Jack Ma ...

A district court in Gurugram has summoned Chinese E-commerce giant Alibaba and its founder Jack Ma in a case in which a former employee in India says he was wrongfully fired after objecting to ...

July 26, 2020
| by Lilian Osigwe

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