Fake News On WhatsApp

• WhatsApp caps message forwarding worldwide in bid to fight fake rumours

  WhatsApp users will only be allowed to forward a message to five recipients under new measures introduced to curb the spread of harmful rumours.

  World

  Jan 21, 2019
  
• WhatsApp to cap message forwarding in effort to stop India lynchings

  WhatsApp will limit the number of times a message can be forwarded, in an effort to quash false rumours in India that have inspired more than 20 beatings and lynchings.

  World

  Jul 20, 2018
  
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• India WhatsApp killings: Why mobs are lynching outsiders over fake videos

  India has a deadly fake news problem that’s inspired angry mobs to lynch at least 20 outsiders over false child-kidnapping rumours spread through WhatsApp.

  World

  Jul 16, 2018
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• WhatsApp-inspired lynching sparks dozens of arrests in India

  A call centre employee is the latest victim to be lynched in India, where child-abduction rumours on WhatsApp have inspired communities to attack and kill outsiders.

  World

  Jul 16, 2018