Tag Archives: WhatsApp

[ad_1] Following the revelation yesterday that WhatsApp had chosen to release an advertisement in a page in India in the hope of publicizing the false news, the Facebook-owned email service has now …

[ad_1] While Twitter is getting serious about purging fake accounts, and YouTube says it will try to fight conspiracy theories and fake news inflaming its platform with $ 25 million to fund …

[ad_1] <img class = "js-image-replace" alt = "This folder photo taken on March 22, 2018 shows apps for WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram and other social networks on a smartphone in Chennai. Indian police …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI – WhatsApp offers research grants to social scientists to help fight the spread of "misinformation" across the multiplatform messaging service. The move comes as a result of a series …

[ad_1] MUMBAI (Reuters) – Facebook Inc. ( FB.O ) WhatsApp Messaging Service responded to a call from India's Ministry of Technology to curb the spread of false information about its platform, claiming …

[ad_1] WhatsApp has been pulled up by the Indian government over a spate of killings across the country sparked by rumors spread on the world's largest messaging On July 03, India's Information …

[ad_1] News and research before hearing about CNBC and others. Claim your free 2-week trial at StreetInsider Premium here MUMBAI (Reuters) – India has asked WhatsApp Messenger of Facebook Inc. to take …

[ad_1] Nearly two dozen people were arrested as part of the killing of five men in northwestern India suspected of being triggered by a WhatsApp rumor. This is the latest in a …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI – Five people were killed by a crowd in India on Sunday after social media rumors that they were child traffickers, the latest in a series of linked lynchings …

[ad_1] Most of the writers are villagers and many are using for the first time smartphones that are incited to violence by rumors suggesting that some people are organ or child traffickers. …