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The Illusory Truth Effect And Why Army’s ‘Fake News’ Tags Are Tricky

Kunle Adebajo December 18, 2020

The Nigerian Army, the security agency responsible for land warfare, has recently stepped up its war against...

Research: Analysis of Claims on #EndSARS Protest in Nigeria weekly newsletter

Research: Analysis of Claims on #EndSARS Protest in Nigeria

Dubawa December 14, 2020

By Folarin Jamiu What started as a peaceful protest that compelled President Muhammadu Buhari to respond to...

Dubawa, others partner WHO to tackle COVID-19, other health misinformation

Lois Ugbede December 8, 2020

The World Health Organisation (WHO) launched its Africa Infodemic Response Alliance (AIRA) initiative on Thursday, December 3,...

Analysis of Claims on #EndSARS Protest in Nigeria: Images most manipulated content, Twitter as major platform End-Sars-Protest-at-Police-Headquarters

Analysis of Claims on #EndSARS Protest in Nigeria: Images most manipulated content, Twitter as major platform

Folarin Jamiu December 7, 2020

Summary What started as a peaceful protest that compelled President Muhammadu Buhari to respond to the allegation...

Network Analysis: How to find, trace voices behind the ‘noise’ on social media weekly newsletter

Network Analysis: How to find, trace voices behind the ‘noise’ on social media

Dubawa December 7, 2020

By Nelly Kalu In a digital open-source investigation, there is interest in the individuals or entities in...

How true is the claim that moderna vaccine is 100% effective against severe COVID-19?

Lois Ugbede December 5, 2020

Claim: A Twitter post claims Moderna vaccine has 100% effectiveness against severe coronavirus infection. True. While the...

New-Normal: Preparing for covid-19 mutation, second wave coronavirus_2019

New-Normal: Preparing for covid-19 mutation, second wave

Atinuke Seun-Ige December 3, 2020

During the few weeks of decline in Coronavirus infections a few months ago, there was an assumption...

NEW MEDIA AND THE RISE OF INFORMATION DISORDER IN SIERRA LEONE information diorder

NEW MEDIA AND THE RISE OF INFORMATION DISORDER IN SIERRA LEONE

Alie Tarawally November 30, 2020

INTRODUCTION The Sierra Leone media landscape has witnessed a series of changes over the years with increase...

How Fake Facebook Pages Push Misinformation Using Famous News Brands weekly newsletter

How Fake Facebook Pages Push Misinformation Using Famous News Brands

Dubawa November 30, 2020

By Kunle Adebajo Have you been following the official Facebook page of that reputable media outlet or...

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How Fake Facebook Pages Push Misinformation Using Famous News Brands

Kunle Adebajo November 29, 2020

Have you been following the official Facebook page of that reputable media outlet or rather one of...

The Illusory Truth Effect And Why Army’s ‘Fake News’ Tags Are Tricky

Dubawa, others partner WHO to tackle COVID-19, other health misinformation

Analysis of Claims on #EndSARS Protest in Nigeria: Images most manipulated content, Twitter as major platform

How true is the claim that moderna vaccine is 100% effective against severe COVID-19?

New-Normal: Preparing for covid-19 mutation, second wave

NEW MEDIA AND THE RISE OF INFORMATION DISORDER IN SIERRA LEONE

How Fake Facebook Pages Push Misinformation Using Famous News Brands

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Ahoro-Esinle’s repeat attack, bandit pastor’s arrest, others top claims verified last week

Video of Trump addressing Gambia as best African country, manipulated

False! 30% of CDC’s candidates in Liberia’s 2023 elections were not women

Nigeria’s population is about 242 million, not 1 billion