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.
Tag: Nigeria
Social media Policing in Akwa Ibom...
The technological era has changed the approach to public and private policing, as security officers are yet to adapt to the advantages of the services offered. Nonetheless, the innovation has led to structural reorganization, budget orientation in order to redefine traditional approaches to policing (Fyfe et al. 2013). Policing criminal acts are no longer limited to law enforcement agencies, as community or individuals now engage in the quest for evidence based, support with intelligence and reconfigured police structures in some countries (Den Boer, 2014). Police is gradually supplemented by a mosaic of security and safety service providers, networks and partnerships (Hoogenboom 2010), in order to resolve security challenges of old bureaucratic and centralized forms of governance
In Nigeria, Rising Insecurity and Communal...
In Nigeria, rising instability and communal violence seem to be strengthening separatist movements. The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is one of these movements, advocating for an independent state in a region of Nigeria that attempted to secede more than 50 years ago
Increasing Violence Effects Nigerian Economy
The Nigerian Chamber of Commerce has cautioned that rising levels of violence and kidnappings are deterring investors and causing economic damage
Nigerians Displaced by Boko Haram
Boko Haram militants have terrorized northeastern Nigeria for more than a decade, driving what the United Nations says are more than two million people from their homes
3 Years After, Parents of Nigerian...
Three years ago, Boko Haram abducted 110 girls from a school in Dapchi, Nigeria. One girl, Leah Sharibu, remains in captivity
Nigerian School Gives Home to Youngsters...
Child advocates in Nigeria estimate that tens of thousands of young people have been orphaned by Boko Haram militant attacks. But some of them are finding reason to be hopeful about their future
COVID-19 Harms Efforts to Eradicate Malaria...
A warning by the World Health Organization that the COVID-19 pandemic could harm efforts to eradicate malaria appears to be coming true in Nigeria. Nigerian officials say people are refusing to get treatment for fear of catching the virus at a clinic
Nigerians Laud Biden Reversal of Trump’s...
Nigerians are hopeful after U.S. President Joe Biden reversed former President Donald Trump’s travel ban on several predominantly Muslim and African nations, including Nigeria
Nigerians Mark Christmas Under New Coronavirus...
Nigerian authorities this week announced the country is officially seeing a second wave of the coronavirus after it recorded its highest daily number of COVID-19 infections Dec. 17
Pandemic Widens Gender Inequality in Nigerian...
A girl’s education rights group, the Malala Fund, says the majority of Nigeria’s out of school children during the pandemic are girls and that the gap with boys is widening