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When Ghana’s 2020 election loomed; political parties, the electoral commission, civil society organizations, CSOs; the media and general populace braced up for the season in different ways. One such outfit that also prepared for the season was GhanaFact, a fact – checking platform located in the capital Accra. The “lean” team led by Managing Editor, Rabiu Alhassan, prepared on doing their level best to ensure the credibility of the polls by combatting fake news. Preparations for December 7 polls Preparations for the poll fact check assignment was mooted a year to the polls, when in 2019; GhanaFact conducted a reconnaissance survey to measure the fake news ecosystem in the country. ....
Roundtable: How artificial intelligence is used to debunk fake news MILEN members and other experts met to discuss how media organizations have been using AI to fact-check misinformation. The event was co-hosted by MILEN, DW Akademie and the British University in Egypt. Speakers: Jochen Spangenberg is Deputy Head, Research and Cooperation Projects, at Germany’s international broadcaster Deutsche Welle. The unit operates at the intersection of journalism, IT, and media science. Charlie Beckett is the founder of the London School of Economics and Political Science’s journalism think-tank, Polis and a professor in the LSE Department of Media and Communications. He currently leads their Journalism and AI project. ....