The Lekki Massacre: Investigating the Misinformation Surrounding the October 20 Incident on Facebook - A Call for Responsible AI

Explore this critical incident that led to Facebook's labeling of content related to the Lekki Massacre as 'false'. Understanding the importance of trustworthy AI, we delve into the role of AI governance in preventing the spread of misinformation. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Are you ready to help shape responsible AI? JOIN US

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/82

Data source

Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).

When citing the database as a whole, please use:

McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.

Pre-print on arXiv · Database snapshots & citation guide

We use weekly snapshots of the AIID for stable reference. For the official suggested citation of a specific incident, use the “Cite this incident” link on each incident page.