misinformation
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Africa
FactSpace West Africa and AW Free Foundation partner to tackle misinformation
FactSpace West Africa, one of the leading fact-checking organisations in Africa, has entered into a partnership with AW Free Foundation…
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News
Viral video on visa clearance: NDLEA dispels misinformation
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has dispelled misinformation and misconception about its handling of visa clearance applications following…
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Foreign
Twitter suspends Naomi Wolf after tweeting Covid vaccine misinformation
American author Naomi Wolf has been suspended from Twitter after spreading vaccine misinformation. Dr Wolf, well known for her acclaimed…
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Tech
How to deal with a crisis of misinformation
There’s a disease that has been spreading for years now. Like any resilient virus, it evolves to find new ways…
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Health
BBC Africa launches Covid-19 misinformation hub
To combat what the World Health Organization has called an “infodemic” around Covid-19, BBC News Africa is launching a searchable…
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News
Root out harmful assertion on COVID-19, UN chief tells social media companies
As the world fights the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, the most challenging crisis we have faced since the Second World War…
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Health
WHO joins TikTok to fight coronavirus misinformation
The World Health Organization (WHO), in an effort to stop coronavirus misinformation, has joined TikTok, and its first videos are,…
