Tagged: fake news
Asari Ndem
Twitter suspends fake news accounts ahead of Israeli Elections
Popular social media platform, Twitter, has suspended 61 accounts peddling fake news ahead of the April 9 elections in Israel. This brings the total of related accounts suspensions to 343 since the election was announced last year. All 61 accounts involved had a total of 28,041 followers and mostly tweeted their fake news in English. […]
Conrad Omodiagbe
Facebook Looks to Tackle Fake News Ahead of Nigeria’s 2019 Polls
As part of its commitment to transparency, the Facebook team in Nigeria has expressed their desire to fight the current trend of fake news shared across the internet ahead of the Nigerian general elections scheduled to hold in February next year. Announcing this at an exhibition for members of the press and the general public, […]
Asari Ndem
Portugal’s plan to fight fake news ahead of its 2019 election
Following the permeation of fake news in America’s political landscape, the National Election Commission of Portugal is putting measures in place to combat the spread of ‘alternative facts’ ahead of the country’s general elections next year. Portugal’s Election Commission and National Cyber Security Centre have reportedly been working on initiatives to minimise the problem of […]