Sometimes that raises enough suspicion especially when you are not so sure who wrote the original message. For example, when you receive a forwarded message from someone, do keep in mind that you are not the only recipient and chances are that message is intended for a much bigger audience. Understand the difference between a message and a forwarded message. That is why WhatsApp offers some tips on how to identify fake news. However, identifying fake news is not an easy job. Reporting fake news over tipline is easy. "The goal of this project is to study the misinformation phenomenon at scale - natively in WhatsApp," said PROTO. Send 1 for 'yes', 2 for 'no'”įor the demonstration purpose, we shared with tipline one story that seemed like fake news to us. “Thanks for getting in touch! Please confirm that you want to verify this item. It will create a database to study misleading information spread during elections. This tipline of a research project commissioned by WhatsApp.
It is a verified WhatsApp business account. Once you add this number to your address book, refresh your WhatsApp. All you need to do is save the contact on your phone. WhatsApp fake news prevention tipline number is +91 9643000888. Here’s how you can tip off any fake news or misinformation you might have come across: WhatsApp fake news prevention tipline: How to report fake news Recently, a media-skilling start-up PROTO announced a new WhatsApp fake news prevention tip line in India so that you can report fake news directly to the concerned authority. That is why WhatsApp needs our help to know what is real and what is fake. For example, labelling forwarded messages and restricting the number of times one card forward a particular message to his or her contacts.įor WhatsApp, finding fake news is just like finding a needle in a haystack and given that WhatsApp always boasts of end-to-encryption, it should be just impossible for WhatsApp to monitor the message’s content. Over the last few weeks, Facebook-owned instant messaging company has announced several new rules and guidelines to regulate its platform. WhatsApp with more than 200 million users has a massive responsibility of preventing fake news, rumours and misinformation from spreading on the platform. We have already seen the impact Social media platforms including Twitter and Facebook have had and the huge role they end up playing in the election campaigns all over the world. WhatsApp has a huge challenge at hand ahead of 2019 Indian general elections to curb fake news on the messaging platform.
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