Nigerian celebrities advocate opposition to fake news
A group of celebrities in Nigeria opposed the country’s fake news and error messages.
The group cooperated with Gatefield and Public Strategy and Gatefield (Gatefield) to fight against threats.
In the Gatefield statement, celebrities who advocate struggle with fake news include: tools, Linda Ejiofor, Elozonam, Folu, Folu Storm, Ibrahim Suleiman, Kiki Omeili and Jayonair.
According to Gatefield’s advocate leader Shirley Ewang, the movement will enable Nigerians to identify and refute error messages and false news.
The statement wrote: “The initiative aims to attract millions of Nigerians through popular media and the ground, while calling for greater responsibility for large technology companies to educate them to educate fake news.
“In 2018, a fake photo posted on Facebook was watched 11,000 times, and a ethnic conflict occurred in the Nigerian Plateau, causing a tragic death of 12 people. Unfortunately, this incident was not an isolated case. Essence
“Since 2022, the error information movement in Africa has increased by nearly 400 %, affecting social and political stability, and Nigeria has been affected by incomparable proportion.
“In Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election, it is a factual examiner reporting up to 100,000 false proposals on social media every day. There are about 9 of the ten young Nigerians. The combination of fake news has promoted the flood of fake news and the chaos, division and violence of upgrading.
Ewang added that the sport will help Nigerian large technology platforms for more powerful content reviews by petitions for these companies and government regulators.
She said: “Regulatory requirements such as the European Digital Services Law, prioritizing transparency and active control, should not be the exclusive privilege of the West.
“Large -scale technology needs to treat Africa with the same sense of urgency as other regions. Social media companies such as Meta and X (formerly Twitter) are criticized by the efforts of African content review, and at the same time they rely on expanding sensation or harmful content Algorithm.
Similarly, the leading broadcasting figures and Kiki Omeili, a Norolu actor, said: “I personally see family, occupation, interpersonal relationships, and reputation, because people spread false news on the Internet without having any creation Influence.
“It is important that people must think twice before destroying people spent such a long time.”
