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  • False or misleading informations are spread by organizations posing as legitimate media outlets in an attempt to twist public opinion in favor of a certain ideology.
  • On social media,watch out for fake messages,pictures,Videos and news.
  • Always Check Independent Fact Checking Sites if You Have Some Doubts About the Authenticity of Any Information or Picture or video.
  • Check Google Images for AuthThe Google Reverse Images search can helps you.
  • It Would Be Better to Ignore Social Media Messages that are forwarded from Unknown or Little-Known Sources.
  • If a fake message asks you to share something, you can quickly recognize it as fake messege.
  • It is a heinous crime and punishable offence to post obscene, morphed images of women on social media networks, sometimes even in pornographic websites, as retaliation.
  • Deepfakes use artificial intelligence (AI)-driven deep learning software to manipulate preexisting photographs, videos, or audio recordings of a person to create new, fake images, videos, and audio recordings.
  • AI technology has the ability to manipulate media and swap out a genuine person's voice and likeness for similar counter parts.
  • Deepfake creators use this fake substance to spread misinformation and other illegal activities.Deepfakes are frequently used on social networking sites to elicit heated responses or defame opponents.
  • One can identify AI created fake videos by identifying abnormal eye movement, Unnatural facial expressions, a lack of feeling, awkward-looking hand,body or posture,unnatural physical movement or form, unnatural coloring, Unreal-looking hair,teeth that don't appear natural, Blurring, inconsistent audio or noise, images that appear unnatural when slowed down, differences between hashtags blockchain-based digital fingerprints, reverse image searches.
  • Look for details,like stange background,orientation of teeth,handsclothing,asymmetrical facial features,use reverse image search tools.

Tag: African News

June 8, 2022

Ethiopian Journalists Are Being Held Without...

In the last month, Ethiopian police have detained at least 19 journalists and are holding them in detention centres without charge. According to rights organisations, the government is deliberately targeting journalists in order to intimidate them into self-censoring their reporting on the Tigray war and other issues. In this report from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Halima Athumani speaks with a lawyer who is trying to help those who have been detained

May 27, 2022

Nigerian Albinos Demand Government Reinstate Free...

The Nigerian Albinism Association is demanding that the government resume free cancer care for albinos. It was put on hold years ago due to a lack of funds

April 28, 2022

Kenyan Court Grants Fathers Right to...

Kenyan court recently ruled that men might be granted custody of children under the age of nine, rather than the children going to their mothers automatically. In Kenya, children’s advocacy groups welcomed the historic decision as a step forward for merit-based parental custody

April 12, 2022

Afghans in New Delhi Hard Hit...

Thousands of Afghans in the Indian capital have set up businesses to cater to Afghans who used to visit India. Their livelihoods have been severely impacted as the flow of visitors from Afghanistan has dried up since the Taliban retook power in Afghanistan

March 30, 2022

Terrorist Attacks in Ivory Coast Prompted...

Armed groups linked to al-Qaida have expanded attacks into neighboring Ivory Coast from Burkina Faso. 13 cross-border attacks in the last year, according to Ivory Coast authorities, have prompted measures to prevent terrorists from recruiting jobless youth

February 3, 2022

Zimbabwe Villagers Fear They May be...

Villagers in Zimbabwe claim they’ve been told they’ll have to abandon their homes to make room for a plant by a Chinese mining company. The corporation denies plans to forcefully relocate the people, but a lack of openness has many concerned that they may be evicted from their ancestral property.

January 30, 2022

After Coup, Burkina Faso’s Pro-Russian Sentiment...

Burkina Faso coup supporters were seen waving Russian flags and asking for the country to swap allegiances from France to Moscow. While the level of pro-Russian sentiment in Burkina Faso is unclear, many are dissatisfied with French efforts to assist in the fight against militant groups

January 27, 2022

Life Expectancy in Nigeria is Among...

Nigerian health officials say that the country’s life expectancy is among the lowest in the world, with influenza and pneumonia being the most common causes of death

January 26, 2022

African Researchers Create Translation Tools to...

Voice-activated virtual assistant systems such as Siri and Alexa are becoming more common around the world, yet most people in Africa, with its numerous languages, are at a disadvantage in the digital world. To address the issue, some African researchers are developing translation systems to recognise and promote local languages like Yoruba

Malawi Village Chiefs Encourage Villagers to...

Only 7% of Malawi’s population has been vaccinated against the coronavirus over two years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, one of Africa’s lowest rates. Village chiefs are attempting to change this by encouraging villagers  to get vaccinated at mobile vaccination clinics

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