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The Dark Side of Twitter Blue Tick: How X Premium Verification Fuels Disinformation, Notorieties, and Conflict

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Mustapha Lawal Fake news spreads like wildfire, mostly by real people, on social media. The internet makes it super easy to spread false information. According to Habeeb Adisa, the Program Manager and a fact checker at FactCheckElection in a feature article “Social media significantly contributes to the spread of information disorders due to its broad …

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Twitter User Deletes Tweet Barely 24 Hours After FactCheckElection’s Report

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Adetutu Sobowale Following a report by FactCheckElections, a Twitter User, TC ONWE @onwe_tc, deleted a tweet where he claimed that the Electoral Act empowers INEC to print cards but does not criminalize individuals printing their cards. The Twitter user deleted the tweet barely 24 hours after the claim was found misleading and offensive under the …

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