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Explainer: How Misinformation May Affect Planned Nationwide Protest
By: Quadri Yahya Since a section of Nigerians announced an anti-government nationwide protest, information flow on social media has been…
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Explainer: Supreme Court Judgement on Financial Autonomy to Local Government Areas In Nigeria
BY: Oluwaseye Ogunsanya On Thursday, 11th of July 2024, the Supreme Court of Nigeria ruled that it is unconstitutional for…
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Health Misinformation Spreads Online as Cholera Hits Nigerian States
By Quadri Yahya & Grace Adesewa Since the outbreak of Cholera in some Nigerian States of Lagos, Ogun, Rivers, Katsina,…
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Explainer: Did the Controversial $150 billion Samoa Deal Compel Nigeria To Legalise LGBTQ?
BY: Oluwaseye Ogunsanya Social media has been awash with outrage over the federal government’s decision to sign the controversial $150…
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Content Monetisation: How Facebook’s Content Strategy Could Fuel and Reward Misinformation
BY: Mustapha Lawal Information is the new oil! Every content creator (social media user) is actively searching for the next…
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Can YouTube Notes Combat Disinformation Effectively?
BY: Mustapha Lawal Earlier in 2022, YouTube faced significant criticism from a global coalition of fact-checking organisations. In a letter…
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Influence Operations: A Cankerworm on Information Cycle and Consumption
BY: Mustapha Lawal Beliefs are considered sacred, so many people hold whatever they choose to believe dearly. It is thought…
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Unveiling MyAIFactChecker, the Digital Tool Sorting Facts from Fiction in Africa
By: Abdulhakeem Abdulkareem With over 600 million internet users in Africa, the potential for misinformation in affecting informed decisions seems…
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Analysis: Here Are Where Things Stand In South Africa’s 2024 Polls
By: Ibraheem Muhammad Mustapha As South Africa is at the peak of its May 29 elections, FactCheckAfrica has resolved to…
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UNCOVERED: Bot Accounts, the Shadowy Purveyors of Misinformation on Social Media
By Oluwaseye Ogunsanya In recent years, there has been an inevitable rift of information pollution on social media as digital…
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