A Nigerian blogger has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly publishing a ‘fake’ post on Twitter against the commission. The EFCC in a statement …
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The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed on Wednesday said fake news is a threat to the 2019 general elections. Mohammed, who made the submissions in a presentation at …
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The Media Can Criticise But Have No Right To Denigrate Buhari – Lai Mohammed
by Damilare Salami 2 minutes readMinister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says fake news is the only weapon used against a performing government like theirs. The minister said this on Thursday when he visited …
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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has voiced out concern over the dissemination of fake news and disinformation in the country. The minister said this Thursday night …
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Because of the bad effects of fake news circulating on the internet, the Muslim Council has declared a fatwa against peddlers of such news. Indonesia’s Islamic authority has issued a …
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Google rewrites algorithm to bury ‘fake news’ in search results
by Arinze Agoby Arinze Ago 2 minutes readGoogle has kickstarted moves to make sweeping change to the algorithm behind its powerful search engine so that purported “fake news” does not appear at the top of search results. …