Artificial Intelligence
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AI Alibi: How the ‘Liar’s Dividend’ is Poisoning Nigerian Politics
This global playbook for deception has found fertile ground in Nigeria's high-stakes political arena, where it is being deployed with…
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Social Media: Tinubu Challenges Digital Creators to Build, Not Break
FactCheckAfrica has played a key role in countering the kinds of disinformation President Tinubu and his aides warned about.
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Experts Warn Against Using ‘Unreliable’ X Data, But For Grok, It’s a Feature
New insights from AI ethics and compliance experts suggest the latter. Grok’s tendency to engage in what one analyst called…
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Digital Wildfire: How xAI’s Grok Became a New Weapon in Nigeria’s Information War
This week, Nigerians witnessed a new and unsettling front open in the country's ongoing information wars. The combatant was not…
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World
Debunked: The Truth Behind the Viral Video of a Collapsing Bridge in Nassarawa and Bihar
The video is confirmed to be AI-generated and falsely attributed to both Nassarawa and Bihar. Users are advised to ignore…
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Fact Check
Debunked: The Truth Behind the Viral WhatsApp ‘AI Spying’ Warning Spreading in Nigeria
A message circulating widely among users in Nigeria claims that a new setting called “Advanced Chat Privacy” must be turned…
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Foreign Propaganda Thrives on Nigerian Forum Nairaland
BY: ‘Kunle Adebajo Discussion forums like Nigeria’s Nairaland have quietly emerged as a significant medium for foreign influence operations. Nairaland,…
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Fact Check
Israel-Iran Crisis Fuels Viral Misinformation: AI-Generated and Miscaptioned Content Floods Social Media
BY: Mustapha Lawal As tensions escalate between Israel and Iran following strikes, the internet has become a battlefield of its…
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Mental Health: Misdiagnosed by the Algorithm?
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Fact Check
Fact-Check: Evidence Shows that the Claim a Teenager Built Flying Aircraft in Jos is False!
BY: Oluwaseye Ogunsanya Claim Full Text Ayofe Abdullah, a social media influencer, shared a collage of a teenager flying a…
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