2027: Criminalize fake AI-generated content — Haruspice tells Nigerian

Journalist and civil‑society advocate Abdullahi Haruna Haruspice urged the Nigerian government to make the creation and distribution of fake AI‑generated content a criminal offence ahead of the 2027 elections, warning it fuels dangerous disinformation. He said the spread of synthetic media threatens election integrity and public trust, prompting calls for new legal safeguards.

A journalist and civil society advocate, Abdullahi Haruna Haruspice, has called on the Nigerian government to criminalize the spread of fake artificial intelligence (AI)-generated content ahead of the 2027 general elections. He made the appeal during a briefing in Abuja on Wednesday. Haruspice raised serious concerns over what he described as the increasing and dangerous […] 2027: Criminalize fake AI-generated content — Haruspice tells Nigerian