WhatsApp launches fact-check service to fight fake news during Lok Sabha polls
2 April 2019 6:07 AM GMT
People in India can submit misinformation or rumours to the ?Checkpoint Tipline on WhatsApp? at +91-9643-000-888.
- WhatsApp on Tuesday launched a service for Indians to check the veracity of information, in the messaging platform's latest attempt to combat fake news in India ahead of national elections beginning this month.
- WhatsApp said in a statement it was working with local startup Proto to classify messages sent to the service by users as true, false, misleading or disputed.
- WhatsApp owner Facebook Inc said on Monday it had deleted 712 accounts and 390 pages in India and Pakistan for "inauthentic behaviour", saying many were linked to India's opposition Congress party and others related to Pakistan's military.
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