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New feature lets you easily fact-check WhatsApp messages – 9to5Mac
Social media is the main way hoax messages get traction these days, so a new feature has been added to let you easily fact-check WhatsApp messages …
Social media is the main way hoax messages get traction these days, so a new feature has been added to let you easily fact-check WhatsApp messages …
Background
WhatsApp has been using a variety of methods of fighting disinformation. As all messages are end-to-end encrypted, the company has no way to see the content, so cannot flag hoaxes this way, but it has employed other methods.
One of the main ones has been to flag messages which have been forwarded many times, as that means they were li…
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