How to detect Fake News. Step by Step video guide

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Recently UTV Ghana was in the #FakeNews trap. People are already calling for the heads to roll. I don't think so.

They should go BUT sin no more.

The same night UTV did the broadcast, I did an extensive video tutorial on

1. what is fake news
2. why people create it
3. why people share it
4. why it spread so fast
5. how to detect it
6. how to limit its spreading.

It's more technical now. It's not just another word for "rumour".

Back May this year(2018), I published below article on Modern Ghana.

Read More: Fake News is a powerful political tool. How can parties combat it?

It covers almost everything you need to know about fake news. I also talked about what other countries are doing to mitigate it.

I did a follow up with this after the UTV Ghana broadcast. I've reviewed the Aljazeera West Africa handle, extensively given practical reasons why it's a fake news handle.

Below is a link to the story

Read More: UTV Caught Up In Al Jazeera Fake News. What Other Media Houses Must Learn From

Finally, I've sum all up in a practical step by step video.

It is my prayer that every media professional will get a copy of this video, get a cup of coffee, and watch it to the end.

The scariest part is, very soon we will see fake videos.

By fake videos I mean:

Assuming you say something like "I love reading".

Someone with a copy of the video can change the words I pronounce, and I will say something like

"I love sex" or "I love p*ssy*.

Literary, the person can, through neural networks (artificial intelligence) let me say anything.

A very serious technology. Very scary. Even the one doing that research says "I'm afraid of my own invention".

In the article above, I've shared a link to Ted talk on that technology.

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