We must devise innovative tools and technology to track disinformation- Ursula Owusu Ekuful
By Roberta Gayode Modin and Magdalene Andoh Minister for Communication and Digitalization, Ursula Owusu Ekuful has called for collective stakeholder policies and rules to clamp down on the use of social media as a tool to spreading false information in Ghana. This clarion call was necessitated by the proliferation of artificial intelligence and how it […]
Nigeria: BBC investigation reveals political parties paying social media influencers to spread disinformation
A BBC investigation has discovered that political parties in Nigeria are secretly paying social media influencers to spread disinformation about their opponents ahead of elections in February. The BBC’s Global Disinformation Team has spoken to whistle-blowers working for two of Nigeria’s political parties, and prominent influencers who have described it as an industry. The whistle-blowers […]
