as mentioned in 'To fight fake news we all need to work together - technology companies, the government and community groups'Popular cross-platform instant message application Whatsapp has commenced a public awareness campaign in Pakistan to combat fake news in the run-up to general elections. The campaign knows as 'Together we can fight false information' was recently advertised by the company in an English daily. Some easy tips were rolled out by WhatsApp to identify false information. Look out for messages that look differentMany messages containing fake news and hoaxes have spelling mistakes. "To fight fake news we all need to work together – technology companies, the government and community groups.
WhatsApp testing 'suspicious link detection' feature to curb fake news forwards and phishing attacks
WhatsApp testing 'suspicious link detection' feature to curb fake news forwards and phishing attacksMoneycontrol NewsIn a bid to curb the menace of misinformation forwards, Facebook-owned WhatsApp has started testing a 'suspicious link detection' feature. As reported by Wabetainfo - a WhatsApp news website - the feature is now available for all Android beta testers but requires an update to version 2.18.221. Related NewsThe suspicious link indicator or a red suspicious link label will warn users of a link that might contain a "combination of characters that is considered unusual". Once approved, through this newly added feature, WhatsApp alerts the reader stating "this link contains unusual characters. WhatsApp has launched this feature as part of its endeavor to identify and curb the forwards/ circulation of the links which direct the users to the alternate or fake websites.
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Facebook is using Messenger and WhatsApp to spot sketchy accounts and fake news
as informed in Handily for Facebook, it's also a roundabout way of fighting back against the spread of fake news that's proliferated on the platform. So, it's like anything — and people and pages have adapted, using Facebook's standalone apps like Messenger and WhatsApp to spread that content directly to other users. And Facebook even taking out ads in Indian newspapers in recent days to warn people about misuse of such platforms. The feature — which Facebook has acknowledged it's playing with at the moment as part a "small test" — isn't specifically about going after Russian actors. Oh, and Brazil is also home to 120 million users of WhatsApp in a country of 200 million people.
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