A video circulating in the media warns Nigerians to stay indoors for 3 to 5 days beginning April 8, 2024. The video, which originated on TikTok, has gone viral on social media platforms such as WhatsApp. The video, voiced by an AI, says: “Three days of darkness will occur when the earth passes through the...
Category: Ecosystem
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FACT CHECK: No More Black Soot in Port-Harcourt?
The Executive Director of Operations and Technical at Tantitta Security, Warredi Enisuoh, was recently featured on AriseTv, where he spoke on the continuous effort of the security services in covering crude oil theft in Nigeria. When asked about the impact of burning crude which will definitely damage the environment and the ecosystem of the Niger...
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FACT SHIELD: All you need to know about supplementary elections
Barely a week after the gubernatorial elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced that it will hold supplementary elections on April 15, 2023. These elections are to hold in states where elections were declared inconclusive. These supplementary elections will be conducted in over 2600 polling units across 185 local government areas in 24 states...
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Online Operations: Nigeria’s 2023 Social Media Election Campaigns
The number of active social media users in Nigeria has risen from 27 million, in 2019, to 36 million ahead of the 2023 elections. But given the challenge of prevailing misinformation and disinformation on social media platforms, and the way such disinformation can permeate into the media more generally1, greater access to online information does...
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CDD unveils War Room for tackling disinformation ahead of 2023 elections
The Centre for Democracy and Development has unveiled an Election War Room for tackling disinformation, misinformation and the activities of bad actors ahead of the 2023 general elections in Nigeria. Africa’s largest democracy is going into what many hope will be the country’s turning point election. As part of its mandate to help the nation...
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BENIN’S FAKE NEWS ECOSYSTEM: An Overview
La propagation des fausses nouvelles ou infox, appelées ‘’fake news’’ chez les Anglo-Saxons, a pris une ampleur inquiétante et dévastatrice au Bénin au cours de la dernière décennie
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BURKINA FASO’S FAKE NEWS ECOSYSTEM: An Overview
l’image de la situation dans les autres États, les fausses informations font aujourd’hui partie intégrante de l’écosystème de la circulation de l’information au Burkina Faso
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SENEGAL’S FAKE NEWS ECOSYSTEM: An Overview
A l’image de ce qui se passe dans plusieurs Àpays, les fausses informations prennent de l’ampleur dans l’espace public au Sénégal. Le phénomène en soi n’est pas nouveau, mais il est aujourd’hui accentué et vulgarisé avec l’avènement des réseaux sociaux et autres plateformes numériques.
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Liberia’s Fake News Ecosystem: An Overview
Fake news is spreading fast and wide in Liberia driven by increased access to the internet. This report provides an overview of the fake news ecosystem in Liberia by investigating — through key informant interviews and secondary research
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The Gambia’s Fake News Ecosystem – An Overview
In The Gambia, fake news is persistent and I growing. It is contaminating public discourse in ways that do not serve society. Although not a new phenomenon, the advances in, and increased access to, communication tools particularly social media has helped amplify the spread of misinformation and disinformation and, in doing so, deepened existing divisions.