Against the backdrop of a security alert by the US Embassy in Nigeria, the federal government has assured that Nigeria’s security forces were doing everything
He said some media outlets and social media personalities are usually caught spreading unverified information on their platforms just for clickbait and the attendant monetary gain.
He said the deliberate spread of fake news has become more prevalent with the ease of access to connectivity over the digital space since there is available and affordable technology/software that can be used to distort digital content such as photoshop, deep fake and voiceover software, which are readily available as open source/free or paid apps on the Internet.
Speaking on the dangers of disinformation, he said, “If care is not taken, disinformation or fake news could be the source of the Third World War globally.”