{"id":21872,"date":"2025-03-10T12:09:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T11:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=21872"},"modified":"2025-03-10T20:47:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T19:47:58","slug":"after-dubawas-fact-check-facebook-user-takes-down-cyberbullying-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/after-dubawas-fact-check-facebook-user-takes-down-cyberbullying-post\/","title":{"rendered":"After DUBAWA\u2019s fact check, Facebook user takes down cyberbullying post"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Facebook user, Olajide Segun, who announced that a lady had died, has taken down his post following DUBAWA\u2019s fact-check<\/a>.<\/strong> On Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, the user took to numerous Facebook groups, including \u201cLekki Ajah Connect,\u201d to announce the death of a lady. He claimed that the lady had been used for ritual by her boyfriend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We utilised an open-source intelligence tool, Forensically, to confirm the authenticity of the claimant\u2019s post. We found that the original picture had been manipulated, with the inscription \u201cRIP\u201d added to it. Using Google Reverse Image Search, DUBAWA traced the source of the image accompanied by the claimant’s caption to the lady in question\u2019s Facebook account. Our team also spoke to the lady, Priscilla Ayodele, who confirmed that she was well and alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She told DUBAWA that she was \u201chorrified\u201d when she saw the claim and was particularly worried about what her family\u2019s reaction would be, especially her mother, who was ill at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following our fact check and rating of the post on Facebook, the claimant deleted his posts. Priscilla expressed gratitude to our team for their efforts in curbing the disinformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen the posts were finally taken down, I felt so much relief.\u201d She said. \u201cI was grateful, and I felt at peace.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Facebook user, Olajide Segun, who announced that a lady had died, has taken down his post following DUBAWA\u2019s fact-check. On Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, the user took to numerous Facebook groups, including \u201cLekki Ajah Connect,\u201d to announce the death of a lady. He claimed that the lady had been used for ritual by her boyfriend. We utilised an open-source intelligence tool, Forensically, to confirm the authenticity of the claimant\u2019s post. We found that the original picture had been manipulated, with the inscription \u201cRIP\u201d added to it. Using Google Reverse Image Search, DUBAWA traced the source of the image accompanied by the claimant’s caption to the lady in question\u2019s Facebook account. Our team also spoke to the lady, Priscilla Ayodele, who confirmed that she was well and alive. She told DUBAWA that she was \u201chorrified\u201d when she saw the claim and was particularly worried about what her family\u2019s reaction would be, especially her mother, who was ill at the time. Following our fact check and rating of the post on Facebook, the claimant deleted his posts. Priscilla expressed gratitude to our team for their efforts in curbing the disinformation. \u201cWhen the posts were finally taken down, I felt so much relief.\u201d She said. \u201cI was grateful, and I felt at peace.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":21873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"hannibal_claim_source":"","hannibal_source_label":"","hannibal_card_color":"blue","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"default","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[1571,437,3812,3815],"tags":[],"verdict":[],"ppma_author":[3688],"class_list":["post-21872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fact-check","category-facebook-checks","category-headline","category-homepage"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8R6dE-5GM","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":3688,"user_id":131,"is_guest":0,"slug":"simbiat","display_name":"Simbiat Bakare","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bb274e26ec2438c1ffa80c743780ac9034a44b76786647c5d47675222fdb1c63?s=96&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"Bakare","first_name":"Simbiat","job_title":"","description":""}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/cyberbullying.jpg?fit=670%2C446&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21872"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21881,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21872\/revisions\/21881"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21872"},{"taxonomy":"verdict","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verdict?post=21872"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=21872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}