Headlines- 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.
Month: June 2020
WFP Briefs on Impact of COVID-19...
Arif Husain, Chief Economist at World Food Programme (WFP), briefs reporters on the Secretary-General’s policy brief on the impact of COVID-19 on food security and nutrition,9 June 2020
Escaping War, Surviving a Pandemic: Turkey’s...
The Turkish city of Sanliurfa, close to the southern border, is home to hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees. The coronavirus pandemic has had a huge impact on the city’s migrants, as jobs have all but dried up and there is little aid money to help them through
Undeterred by Looting, Some Washington Businesses...
Amid the protests that have flared up in the U.S. capital among many other cities, the owners of some downtown D.C. restaurants and cafes saw their businesses looted and damaged. But despite the damage and having to wait even longer to finally reopen their venues, some business owners are choosing to support the protesters
Hong Kong Crisis Through the Eyes...
Hundreds of activists and ordinary citizens in Hong Kong marked the first anniversary of the city’s anti-government movement by staging protests across the Asian financial hub on Tuesday. On June 9 last year, about one million Hong Kongers staged a peaceful protest against a proposed extradition law that would allow individuals to be sent to China for trial. The government at the time insisted on pressing ahead with the law, prompting more people to take to the streets in a series of mass protests that plunged the former British colony into one of the deepest crises in its history
Migrants in the Grip of Covid-19
Malaysia and Singapore have distinguished themselves for first ignoring the problem and then concentrating migrants in structures that favored the infection. The city-state, which employs nearly one and a half million migrant workers, has “locked up” about 300,000 of them in about forty dormitories with 10 or 20 people per room.
Thousands of Australian Black Lives Matter...
Demonstrators rallied in large cities such as Sydney and Melbourne and in small towns across the country after a court overturned a ruling Friday declaring the Sydney protest illegal on health grounds.
WHO: COVID-19 Update
In a press conference in Geneva on 8 Jun, Tedros said almost 75 per cent of cases reported yesterday cases come from 10 countries, mostly in the Americas and South Asia. He said most countries in the African region are still experiencing an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases, with some reporting cases in new geographic areas, although most countries in the region have less than 1,000 cases. He added that there was also an increase in the numbers of cases in parts of Eastern Europe and Central Asia
COVID-19: Nigeria Mobile Money
With Nigerian businesses struggling because of coronavirus lockdown measures, the use of mobile money to transact business is growing rapidly. The use of mobile money grew by almost 15 percent in March, and experts say the practice is expected to become even more common as the pandemic continues
US-Backed Forces Launch Campaign Against IS...
U.S.-backed forces in Syria launched a major operation to destroy the remnants of a terror group in eastern Syria following a surge in attacks
World Oceans Day 2020 Virtual Event...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres speaks during the virtual event on World Oceans Day 2020 on the theme “Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean” on 8 June 2020