By Isaac Aregbesola
Fouad Arif, the President, Atlantic Federation of African Press Agencies (FAAPA), says the continent must work collectively to fight the spread of fake news and its attendant negative consequences.
Arif said this on Thursday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sideline of a training seminar themed: ”Fact-checking: Detection of fake news in media content”, holding in Rabat Morocco.
“It is of utmost necessity for all of us to embark on this endeavor of fighting fake news all over the African continent”, he said, adding that this was necessary to protect the people and the credibility of mainstream media.
Arif, who is also the Director General of Moroccan News Agency, said he would collaborate with NAN to fight the spread of fake news on the continent.
‘‘We have to fight this everyday, and we have to help people distinguish between what is false and what is right in terms of information,” he added.
The FAAPA president…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
