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Africa: An Open Letter to YouTube's CEO From the World's Fact-Checkers
Africa Check, 12 January 2022
Ms. Susan Wojcicki, Read more »
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Ghana: YouTube to Remove All Anti-Vaccine Misinformation
Ghanaian Times, 30 September 2021
YouTube has said it will remove content that spreads misinformation about all approved vaccines, expanding a ban on false claims about Covid-19 jabs. Read more »
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Africa: Online Content Moderation - Can AI Help Clean Up Social Media?
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 20 December 2021
From Facebook to Twitter, machine learning algorithms are policing online content to decide what's banned and what's not. But how do they work? And are they effective? Read more »
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Africa: UN, News Organizations and Artists Against Fake News On Covid-19
Africa Renewal, 31 July 2020
As COVID-19 spreads, so do fake news, conspiracy theories and doctored pictures and videos. Left unchecked, most of it is harmful and could lead to people ultimately losing their… Read more »