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.
Year: 2020
Cambodian Court Upholds Reinvestigation of Spying...
Local and international rights groups and legal observers have long condemned the treatment of the pair in the courts as part of a wider attack on the media and civil society in Cambodia and called for the country’s trade and aid partners to press for their release
Remembering Late Basketball Star Kobe...
Cheik Thiero of VOA’s French to Africa Service is one of the lucky few basketball players who met the late NBA star, Kobe Bryant, who was killed in a plane crash Sunday. He tells VOA Africa 54 Host Esther Githui-Ewart that in the short time he Bryant, he learnt some valuable life lessons
As Marriage Age Rises, South African...
South Africa has been experiencing a rise in the marriage age for women, with 32 being the median age for first timers, up from 30 five years ago. It’s part of a global trend in developed nations, where women’s educational attainment and income are rising along with the age of the average bride
Kenyan Football Team Emerges from Slum...
In the year 2000, a football team was founded in a slum of Nairobi plagued by crime. In the last two decades, the team has risen to the top of Kenya’s football league
Vigilantism Takes Hold in Central China...
National Health Commission Minister Ma Xiaowei said on Sunday that the incubation period for nCoV could range from one to 14 days, and that the virus was infectious during incubation, which would allow it to spread while still undetected
Holocaust Memorial Ceremony “75 years after...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the United Nations Holocaust Memorial Ceremony “75 years after Auschwitz – Holocaust Education and Remembrance for Global Justice” on the occasion of the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
Kabul Catwalk: Models Push Boundaries With...
Designers and models recently held what they described as a first for Afghanistan: an outdoor fashion show in the capital, Kabul. The event featured traditional Afghan styles, but still attracted criticism from conservatives
Mass Arrests in Gambia Risk Fuelling...
Amnesty further stated the fact that on 26 January, clashes erupted in the outskirts of Gambian capital Banjul where activists from “Three Years Jotna movement” (Three Years Enough) had planned a peaceful protest against President Adama Barrow’s decision to stay in office for five years. When he took office in 2017, Barrow pledged to step down after three
Afghan Baby Loses Legs In Attack...
baby girl, just 1 month old, has lost both legs in an attack by an unknown gunman in Afghanistan’s Faryab Province that also killed six members of the girl’s family. Afghan authorities said the Taliban was to blame, but the militant group has denied responsibility
Jailed Ambazonia Leaders Fear For Their...
Ambazonia leaders, Sisiku Julius Ayuktabe and 9 others, sentenced to life imprisonment have raised an alert on their lives after some newly admitted prisoners broke into their cells, taking away foodstuff, money and valuable items