Tuesday, 10 July 2018

WhatsApp now labels forwarded messages to fight fake news in India

Misinformation has been running rampant through WhatsApp conversations between Indian users. It's gotten so bad that false accusations of child trafficking and organ harvesting have riled folks into mob violence that's killed 12 people. The service has been trying to counter the spread of fake news on its platform, and today introduced a small upgrade: Labeling forwarded text.

Via: Buzzfeed

Source: WhatsApp blog


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