Facebook-owned WhatsApp has announced that it is setting up 20 research teams worldwide- including experts from India- who will work towards understanding how misinformation spreads and what additional steps the platform needs to take to curb fake news.
This comes after 30 people were lynched by mobs in India this year on account of fake messages spread over WhatsApp.
Our India correspondent Neha Poonia reports.
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This comes after 30 people were lynched by mobs in India this year on account of fake messages spread over WhatsApp.
Our India correspondent Neha Poonia reports.
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Out: SOC
Dur: 29 secs