{"id":4177,"date":"2020-04-07T10:37:07","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T10:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mobileworldlive.com\/?p=276572"},"modified":"2020-04-07T10:37:07","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T10:37:07","slug":"whatsapp-ups-fake-news-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/04\/07\/whatsapp-ups-fake-news-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp ups fake news fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\tWhatsApp tightened rules around forwarding viral messages, after a spike in the number of mass communications being sent and fears on their contributions to the spread of misinformation related to Covid-19 (coronavirus).<\/p>\n

In a blog, the company announced the new limit preventing highly-shared messages being sent to multiple chats simultaneously.<\/p>\n

It added the change in policy follows a significant increase in the volume of messages being forwarded and comments from users stating the number being received was \u201coverwhelming\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Facebook-owned company noted: \u201cWe believe it\u2019s important to slow the spread of these messages down to keep WhatsApp a place for personal conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n

New rules on forwarding are not the first time the company sought to limit the number of times messages [1] can be distributed, as it continues to fight the dissemination of fake news on its platform. In January, it also introduced a specific mark placed on those forwarded more than five times.<\/p>\n

In its post, the company also pointed to the beneficial uses of its platform during the outbreak, including working with health organisations [2] to \u201chelp connect people with accurate information\u201d. Last month, the company pledged to donate $1 million [3] to a fact checking initiative and created a global information centre.<\/p>\n

The move is the latest in the global fight against fake news distributed on social media, which resulted in the spread of a number of rumours during the Covid-19 outbreak, from conspiracy theories on the origins of the virus to incorrect reports of celebrity deaths.<\/p>\n

False scientific reports on links between the virus and 5G were blamed for inspiring the recent destruction of mobile masts in the UK [4].<\/p>\n

[1] https:\/\/www.mobileworldlive.com\/featured-content\/top-three\/whatsapp-extends-fake-news-message-limits\/
\n[2] https:\/\/www.mobileworldlive.com\/apps\/news-apps\/whatsapp-who-send-virus-alerts-via-chatbot\/
\n[3] https:\/\/www.mobileworldlive.com\/featured-content\/top-three\/whatsapp-pledges-1m-to-fight-virus-misinformation\/
\n[4] https:\/\/www.mobileworldlive.com\/featured-content\/home-banner\/fake-5g-news-fires-up-mast-vandals\/<\/p>\n\n

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