WhatsApp launches fact-checking service ahead of Indian General elections - MSPoweruser
2 April 2019 6:02 PM GMT
India is going to host their general elections starting from�April 11th and results will be declared on May 23rd. This year around 900 million people are expected to vote in what will be the biggest democratic�elections. To make sure the elections aren?t influenced by external factors, WhatsApp has announced a new service to curb the [?]
- WhatsApp launches fact-checking service ahead of Indian General elections
- India is going to host their general elections starting from April 11th and results will be declared on May 23rd.
- Indian users can now forward messages to Checkpoint Tipline, where a team lead by local startup Proto will asses the news/messages and mark them as either true, false, misleading or disputed.
- In order to use the service, Indians will need to forward messages to Checkpoint Tipline on WhatsApp (+91-9643-000-888) which will then verify the messages and act accordingly.
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