What is a deepfake? Everything you need to know about the AI-powered fake media

Deepfakes use deep learning artificial intelligence to replace the likeness of one person...

US data scientists are enlisting influencers to fight dangerous Covid-19 conspiracy theories

American public health experts say people will trust those who aren't politicians or...

No, booze sales are not being banned from 15 December – but you may want to stock up

The image announcing an alcohol sales ban between 15 December and 3 January is fake, but...

Twitter bans two controversial articles about Joe Biden's son

"We don't want to incentivize hacking by allowing Twitter to be used as distribution for...

Trump refutes investigation of his tax returns, saying he 'paid many millions of dollars in taxes'

"The Fake News Media ... is bringing up my Taxes & all sorts of other nonsense with...

WhatsApp group admins may be criminally liable for fake news in SA – under these conditions

Knowingly sharing fake news is a crime subject to 6 months imprisonment under SA’s...

SA expects WhatsApp to ‘immediately’ remove fake coronavirus news under new rules

Spreading fake news about Covid-19 is already a crime in South Africa. Now the class of...

A Kenyan journalist convinced world media that a South African student conned his way into free KFC – even though it wasn’t his first dodgy story

The journalist stands by his tweet saying he got the information from reliable sources