WhatsApp Launches New Features called Fact Checking Service

WhatsApp Launches New Features called Fact Checking Service

Checkpoint Tipline service will help to find fake messages. WhatsApp is releasing another new fact checking feature in India for upcoming elections. Reuters reports that you can now be able to send messages to the Checkpoint Tipline, where a group of team by local startup Proto will asses and put a mark as either genuine, misleading, dispute or false. These messages will likewise be utilized to make a database to study and understand the spread of fake information. India’s elections are going to begin on 11th April and results are expected to come on 23rd May.

The whatsapp messaging service has gone under constant flame for encouraging the spread of misleading and false news in India, where viral message have been connected to very nearly dozen of incidents. WhatsApp was additionally blamed for encouraging the spread of viral information a year ago during Brazillian election.

Reuters reports that WhatsApp new feature fact-checking service, which launched on Tuesday 2nd April might encounter some issues.

The objective of the new activity, as indicated by Proto’s Ritvvij Parrikh and Nasr ul Hadi is to “Understand about the false information activity at scale.” They included that “As more information streams in, we will almost certainly distinguish the most affected issues, languages, locations and more.” Economic Times India takes note of that the startup intends to present its finding to the International Center for writers and journalists.

All five languages will be support by Checkpoint Tipline those languages are Hindi, English, Bengali, Telugu and Malayalam. This service will helps false news spread as content, videos, and pictures. WhatsApp additionally tested adding the feature for whatsapp users to reverse picture search pictures in an obvious attempt to confirm their authenticity.

WhatsApp is additionally working with Dig Deep Media and Meedan, two associations that have added similar projects in different nations. Meedan’s platform was initially created to battle false news and messages that spread during election in France and Mexico and is currently coordinated with WhatsApp’s Business API.

WhatsApp New Limits On Message Forwarding To Fight Against Fake Information

The Checkpoint Tipline is only one of a scope of changes WhatsApp has made to its service to battle against the spread of fake News. This service also restrict no. of time the message can be sent or forward to 5 and now additionally applies a mark to any forwarded messages.

The encoded idea of WhatsApp makes it an especially difficult stage to manage since not even the whatsapp organization can see the messages that are being sent. Facebook reported that it has removed 549 Facebook accounts and 138 Pages for composed inauthentic behavior in India, however WhatsApp’s end to end encryption implies finding abnormal behavior on the whatsapp is a lot harder. So Whatsapp is working on its new fact-checking service features to avoid fake information during election in India.

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John Depp is an editor at Oispice and has excellent knowledge of technology such as smartphones, apps, games, and gadgets. He specializes in tech news and smartphone reviews. John is available on Twitter @JohnDep18441971 and mail at [email protected].

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