Protecting Truth in the Digital Age
We monitor, analyze, and combat disinformation to preserve the integrity of public discourse.
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In a world where every smartphone is a publishing house and every social media account can reach thousands in seconds, the Niger State Government has drawn a line in the digital sand. The warning came from the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Obed Nuhu, during a special early-morning event organized…
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On a bright Thursday morning in Balkhu, the corridors of the Central Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at Tribhuvan University buzzed with an unusual energy. Students, lecturers, media professionals, content creators, and social media influencers gathered in the same hall, not for a typical academic lecture, but for something more contemporary and urgent: a masterclass on journalism and digital storytelling hosted by TikTok in collaboration with the department. The event, simply titled the TikTok Masterclass on Journalism and Digital Storytelling, was never meant to be a passive seminar. From the moment it began, it became a lively, sometimes tense,…
Imagine scrolling through social media during an election campaign and coming across a video of a political candidate saying something shocking, hateful, or completely out of character. Your heart races; you immediately share it, add a comment of disgust, and keep scrolling. Later, a fact-checker reveals that the video was a deepfake—a synthetic creation made with artificial intelligence. The candidate never said those words. The event never happened. This is no longer science fiction. In recent years, the technology for generating hyper-realistic audio, images, and video has become widely accessible, and anyone with a laptop, some software, and a connection…
