Tag: fake news
Hate speech, fake news: Plateau wants defaulting media outfits sanctioned
With hate speeches and fake news largely blamed for the security challenges in Plateau, the state government has asked the…
Opposition uses fake news, hate speech to de-market Buhari – Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the opposition is using fake news and hate speech as…
Nigerian Govt partners VOA to combat fake news
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has expressed willingness of the Federal Government to partner with the…
Nigerian Govt to Online Publishers: Don’t Lend Your Platforms To Fake News
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has appealed to Online Publishers not to lend their platforms to…
Fake News threatening corporate existence of Nigeria – Lai Muhammed
Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Muhammed on Tuesday said Fake News does not only threaten the peace of…
Stop depending on social media for news about Nigeria – Minister tells Diaspora
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has admonished Nigerians in Diaspora to stop depending on Social Media…
Fake news: Egypt passes law to block social media accounts
Egypt’s parliament has passed a law giving the state powers to block social media accounts and penalise journalists held to…
Fake news, hate speech threat to national security – Minister
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed on Friday described the growing level of fake news and hate…
WhatsApp introduces new feature to curb fake news
WhatsApp has announced the launch of a new feature globally that will highlight when a message has been forwarded and…
Farmer/Herder Clashes: Nigerian Govt warns against fake news
The Federal Government has appealed to all its citizens as well as members of the international community to refrain from…
Malawi’s Mutharika says corruption reports “fake news”
President Peter Mutharika of Malawi says reports accusing him of fraudulently benefiting from a 3.9 million dollars government contact were…
Cardinal Onaiyekan urges media to stop reporting fake news
The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has urged media practitioners in the country to refrain from reporting fake…
Google relaunches news service as part of fight against fake news
Google CEO Sundar Pichai has announced that the company is relaunching its news service facilitating the search of information from…
Social media platforms warned against spreading of fake news
The European Commission on Thursday warned social media platforms to stop the spread of fake news through self-regulatory practices, adding…
Fake News to attract 10 years jail in Malaysia
The Malaysian government Monday proposed a law to combat "fake news" which could see offenders jailed for 10 years, sparking…
Singapore commences parliamentary hearings to crack down fake news
Singapore’s parliament held its first public hearing on ways to crack down on the proliferation of fake news on Wednesday.
Naysayers spending money to spread fake news about Nigeria – Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that naysayers had taken to Social Media and spending…
Trump release winners ‘Fake News’ award, CNN, NYT top list
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday night announced the winners of his highly anticipated ‘Fake News Awards’ with CNN and…
Fake news phenomenon worries Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has expressed concern over the dissemination of fake news and disinformation…
Qatar World Cup boycott is ‘fake news’
A fake news story claiming Arab nations had demanded that Fifa strip Qatar of the 2022 World Cup appeared on…
Federal Government to prosecute promoters of fake news
The Federal Government on Sunday said that it will not relent until it has exposed those behind the fake news…
Watch out for fake news, FG warns
The Federal Government has urged Nigerians to be extra vigilant in view of the worsening cases of fake news being…
Journalists urged to address fake news dissemination
Mr Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, has called on journalists to come up with solutions to…
I’m not against media – Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump says in spite of his criticism of certain U.S. media organisations, he is not against the…
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Facebook’s fake news crisis deepens
Despite the best efforts of Mark Zuckerberg to downplay Facebook’s role in the election of Donald Trump, the scrutiny of…