Tag: fake news
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Deliberate Online Falsehood and Individual Responsibility, By Emmanuel Ado
By Emmanuel Ado “(Fake news) is an existential threat to the platform. As a social media platform, we are devoted to doing good and misinformation is the opposite of that,” Facebook The world today is truly a global village, thanks to the huge leaps in technological developments that has made anyone with a mobile android…
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Why World War III may be caused by Nigerian – Soyinka
Noble laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, on Wednesday, said fake news may cause World War III if effort was not made to curb it. He was speaking at a conference on fake news, titled: “Nigeria 2019: Countering Fake News”. It was organized by BBC News. “I made a statement before that if we are not careful,…
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Presidency orders withdrawal of `Fake News’ on NFF
The Presidency has described as `fake news’ a press release in circulation, to the effect that President Muhammadu Buhari had ordered the arrest and prosecution of Amaju Pinnick, the President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). Newsmen reports that a report went viral in social media in the last 24 hours indicating that there were palpable…
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Oshiomhole denies rifts with Buhari’s wife, attacks PDP for ‘spreading fake news’
The National Chairman of the ruling all Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the main opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) of spreading fake and malicious information about his relationship with the President’s wife, Aisha Buhari. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Simon Egbegbulem, Oshiomhole said the misinformation being peddled was part of the PDP’s…
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2019: PDP survives on fake news, propaganda – APC
The All Progressives Congress has said the Peoples Democratic Party is a damaged product and cannot be trusted with power by Nigerians for not apologising for its 16 years of misrule. The ruling party also accused the PDP of allegedly churning out fake news, misinformation and using hate speech as its focal campaign strategies for…
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2019 elections: Twitter taking multiple steps to curb fake news
Twitter co-founder and chief executive officer Jack Dorsey said the micro-blogging platform is taking multi-variable steps to curb the spread of misleading information ahead of 2019 elections. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Dorsey stated this on Monday while addressing a town hall-style meeting at the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi (IIT-D). He stated that the multi-variable steps being…
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We won’t gag Nigerian media over dissemination of fake news – FG
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has assured Nigerians there would be no censorship or coercion of any media organisation in the government’s fight against fake news and hate speech. Mr Mohammed gave the assurance when he featured on the NTA flagship programme: ‘ Good Morning Nigeria’ entitled, “Combating Damages of Fake News…
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Information Minister cautions Nigerians on social media use
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed on Wednesday cautioned Nigerians on social media use. The Minister admonished Nigerians not to share any information they cannot vouch for on Facebook, Twitter or WhatsApp as a measure to curtail fake news menace. He made the admonition in Abuja at the launch of National Campaign against…
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WhatsApp introduces new feature to curb fake news
WhatsApp has announced the launch of a new feature globally that will highlight when a message has been forwarded and not composed by the sender. The messaging application made the move public on Tuesday through its official blog following calls from various parts of the world, including India, to tackle the spread of fake news.…