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 September 6, 2018Minister 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 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.…