Postcards: Nigeria’s social media fact-checkers fight fake news as vote nears
BUKOLA ADEBAYO, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how big tech companies are enlisting independent fact-checkers to tackle online disinformation ahead of the 25th February election…
Echo chambers – Fake news fact-checks hobbled by low reach, study shows
Brussells, BelgiumReuters The European Union has called on Facebook and other platforms to invest more in fact-checking, but a new study shows those efforts may rarely reach the communities worst affected by fake news. The analysis by big-data firm Alto Data Analytics over a three-month period ahead of this year’s EU elections casts doubt on […]