October 5, 2024

Cloned ThisDay Newspaper Where Uzodinma Declared Free Marriages Between Between Fulani Settlers And Imo Ladies Resurfaces

39 Claim: Uzodinma Declared Free Marriages Between Between Fulani Settlers and Imo Ladies Resurfaces Verdict: False and misleading: Both ThisDay Newspaper and Imo state government debunked the claim, which has been online since 2021 as fake.  By Arinze Chijioke At exactly 11:11 pm on Monday, September 30th, 2024- a day before Nigeria’s 64th Independence day […]

December 28, 2023

How AI Shaped Misinformation Landscape In 2023 – Report

431 The report also highlighted a growing phenomenon of bad actors creating entire websites generated by AI and operating with little to no human oversight. By Nurudeen Akewushola, FactCheck Hub The rise of artificial intelligence in 2023 has transformed the misinformation landscape as it provided new tools for bad actors to create manipulative articles, images, […]

September 23, 2023

#ACS23: Verifying Kenyan President William Ruto’s Claims At Africa’s First Climate Summit

551 By Africa Check Ruto hosted the continent’s inaugural climate change summit, aimed at forging a common position. We examined some of the claims he made from the podium. Kenyan president William Ruto hosted the Africa Climate Summit in the capital Nairobi in September, the first of its kind in the region. Despite the conspicuous absence of major economies such as […]