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Meta shuts fake news monitoring tool ahead US presidential poll
A digital tool considered vital in tracking viral falsehoods, CrowdTangle will be decommissioned by Facebook owner Meta in a major election year, a move researchers fear will disrupt efforts to detect an expected firehose of political misinformation.
The tech giant says CrowdTangle will be unavailable after August 14, less than three months before the US election. The Palo Alto company plans to replace it with a new tool that researchers say lacks the same functionality, and which news organizations will largely not have access to.
Edo police begin manhunt for suspected rapist
Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have begun a manhunt for a suspect identified as Promise for allegedly raping a 13-year-old minor in the state.
It was gathered that the suspect raped the minor to a state of unconsciousness in the Uwa area in Oredo Local Government Area of the state.
It was learnt that the suspect lured the minor into his room, raped her and abandoned her in her unconscious state, and absconded.
The state command’s spokesperson, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, confirmed the incident.
He said the divisional police officer in charge of Adesuwa Police Station, Beni