Election: Police declare war on AI-generated fake news

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The Nigeria Police have launched operations to tackle AI-generated fake news, deepfakes, and phone farms ahead of the 2027 general elections. Read More:…

Ahead of the 2027 elections, the police have launched operations to track phone farms, where hundreds of mobile phones and automated accounts are allegedly deployed to create artificial online engagement and manipulate public opinion.

This is as stakeholders in the electoral, security, media and civil society sectors have called for stronger measures to tackle artificial intelligence-generated disinformation ahead of the 2027 general elections.

These were brought to the fore at a webinar organised by the PUNCH Media Foundation with the theme, “AI, Misinformation and Nigeria’s 2027 Elections: Safeguarding the Truth, Protecting the Vote.”

Speakers at the webinar, which was moderated by the Metro Editor of PUNCH Newspapers, Joel Nwokeoma, were the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, represented by the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Bashir Abdullahi; the INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Mohammed Haruna; the Founder of FactsMatterNG, Hannah Ajakaiye; the Director of Programmes at Yiaga Africa, Cynthia Mbamalu; and the Director of Projects at the Cable Newspaper Journalism Foundation, Mayowa Tijani.

It was attended by the Chairman of PUNCH Nigeria Limited, Angela Emuwa; its Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief, Dr Adeyeye Joseph; the Managing Director Emeritus, Sir Ademola Osinubi; Company Secretary, Omolara Ogunleye; the Head of Programmes and Partnerships at the PUNCH Media Foundation, Rebecca Erureh; the Head of Human Resources, Finance and Administration of the PMF, Gbenga Bambeke; and several members of staff of PUNCH Nigeria Limited.

Leading the charge, Disu said, ahead of the election, the police have deployed cyber-intelligence and digital forensic capabilities to tackle AI-generated misinformation, deepfakes, voice cloning and other forms of digital manipulation.

In light of this, he said the police have established an election monitoring room and commenced intelligence gathering ahead of the elections…

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