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CAC Faces Operational Shutdown

CAC faces operational shutdown as Reps suspend its funding The continued existence of Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) hangs in the air as the House of Representatives...
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Fidelity Bank Investors Lose N289.74m

Fidelity Bank investors lose N289.74m as CBN probe triggers sell off Over N289.74 million was lost by Fidelity Bank investors on Monday, following a sell off...
Environment4 years ago

Miyetti Allah Says Ban On Open Grazing ‘Unrealistic’, Urges Alternatives

Miyetti Allah says ban on open grazing ‘unrealistic’, urges alternatives The Miyetti Allah Kautal Kore — the association in charge of cattle breeding in Nigeria —...
$YouTube has removed 1 million videos for dangerous COVID-19 misinformation since February 2020, according to YouTube’s Chief Product Officer Neal Mahon. Mahon shared the statistic in a blog post outlining how the company approaches misinformation on its platform. “Misinformation has moved from the marginal to the mainstream,” he wrote. “No longer contained to the sealed-off worlds of Holocaust deniers or 9-11 truthers, it now stretches into every facet of society, sometimes tearing through communities with blistering speed.” At the same time, the Youtube executive argued that “bad content” accounts for only a small percentage of YouTube content overall. “Bad content represents only a tiny percentage of the billions of videos on YouTube (about .16-.18% of total views turn out to be content that violates our policies),” Mahon wrote. He added that YouTube removes almost 10 million videos each quarter, “the majority of which don’t even reach 10 views.” Facebook recently made a similar argument about content on its platform. The social network published a report last week that claimed that the most popular posts are memes and other non-political content. And, faced with criticism over its handling of COVID-19 and vaccine misinformation, the company has argued that vaccine misinformation isn’t representative of the kind of content most users see. Both Facebook and YouTube have come under particular scrutiny for their policies around health misinformation during the pandemic. Both platforms have well over a billion users, which means that even a small fraction of content can have a far-reaching impact. And both platforms have so far declined to disclose details about how vaccine and health misinformation spreads or how many users are encountering it. Mahon also said that removing misinformation is only one aspect of the company’s approach. YouTube is also working on “ratcheting up information from trusted sources and reducing the spread of videos with harmful misinformation.”$ $YouTube has removed 1 million videos for dangerous COVID-19 misinformation since February 2020, according to YouTube’s Chief Product Officer Neal Mahon. Mahon shared the statistic in a blog post outlining how the company approaches misinformation on its platform. “Misinformation has moved from the marginal to the mainstream,” he wrote. “No longer contained to the sealed-off worlds of Holocaust deniers or 9-11 truthers, it now stretches into every facet of society, sometimes tearing through communities with blistering speed.” At the same time, the Youtube executive argued that “bad content” accounts for only a small percentage of YouTube content overall. “Bad content represents only a tiny percentage of the billions of videos on YouTube (about .16-.18% of total views turn out to be content that violates our policies),” Mahon wrote. He added that YouTube removes almost 10 million videos each quarter, “the majority of which don’t even reach 10 views.” Facebook recently made a similar argument about content on its platform. The social network published a report last week that claimed that the most popular posts are memes and other non-political content. And, faced with criticism over its handling of COVID-19 and vaccine misinformation, the company has argued that vaccine misinformation isn’t representative of the kind of content most users see. Both Facebook and YouTube have come under particular scrutiny for their policies around health misinformation during the pandemic. Both platforms have well over a billion users, which means that even a small fraction of content can have a far-reaching impact. And both platforms have so far declined to disclose details about how vaccine and health misinformation spreads or how many users are encountering it. Mahon also said that removing misinformation is only one aspect of the company’s approach. YouTube is also working on “ratcheting up information from trusted sources and reducing the spread of videos with harmful misinformation.”$

Health4 years ago

YouTube Deletes One Million Videos For COVID-19 Misinformation

YouTube deletes one million videos for COVID-19 misinformation. Video streaming platform, YouTube, has deleted one million videos for dangerous COVID-19 misinformation. The Google-owned company said the...
Health4 years ago

NCDC DG, Ihekweazu, To Resume WHO Job In November

NCDC DG, Ihekweazu, To Resume WHO Job In November The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (Chikwe Ihekweazu, has gotten an appointment with...
Business4 years ago

South Africa Rebased Economy, Falls $62.29bn Below Nigeria’s GDP

South Africa’ rebased economy, falls $62.29bn below Nigeria’s GDP Nigeria’s economy remains the largest in Africa after South Africa rebased its economy to include new sectors...
Business4 years ago

Court Orders Forfeiture Of House, Funds Belonging To Gov Abiodun’s Ex-aide

Court orders forfeiture of house, funds belonging to Gov Abiodun’s ex-aide, Rufai, over $350k fraud A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the interim...
News4 years ago

Naira Ends Losing Streak Against U.S Dollar

Naira Ends Losing Streak Against U.S Dollar After consecutive devaluation, the Naira posted a gain against the US dollar at both the official and unofficial market...
Entertainment4 years ago

Khafi Shares Five Things About Breastfeeding As A First-Time Mum

Khafi Shares Five Things She Didn’t Know About Breastfeeding As A First-Time Mum Khafi aka ‘A Cup of Khafi’ is back! Reality TV star, Khafi Kareem-Ekpata, has shared...
Entertainment4 years ago

Akon Says Freedom Of Speech Does Not Protect From It’s Consequences

Senegalese-American recording artiste, Akon has cautioned individuals who express their opinions under the coverage of “freedom of speech”. The “Ghetto” singer stated in his Twitter post...

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