Tag: #FakeNewsNigeria
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MINISTER IDRIS WARNS YOUNG JOURNALISTS: NAVIGATE FAKE NEWS, DEEP FAKES IN TOXIC MEDIA WATERS
Information Minister Muhammed Idris, at PRNigeria’s 2025 Young Communication Fellowship close in Abuja, alerted 2025 grads to Nigeria’s media minefield—75% fake news via Facebook/WhatsApp/Twitter fueling security fears (β=0.53 correlation to threats), ethnic rifts, and trust erosion amid AI deepfakes. Rep Ali M. Ali urged integrity, ethics, resilience in cutthroat reportage; NUJ Prez Alhassan Abdul pushed…
