Beware! BIG punishment if you send a fake news on WhatsApp, Facebook is watching
Beware! BIG punishment if you send a fake news on WhatsApp, Facebook is watching New Delhi, Nov 13 : Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Tuesday announced that it has selected 20 research teams worldwide - including experts from India and those of Indian origin -- who will work towards how misinformation spreads and what additional steps the mobile messaging platform could take to curb fake news. Shakuntala Banaji from London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Anushi Agrawal and Nihal Passanha from Bengaluru-based media and arts collective "Maraa" and Ramnath Bhat from LSE have been selected for the paper titled "WhatsApp Vigilantes? WhatsApp messages and mob violence in India". The research examines the ways in which WhatsApp users understand and find solutions to the spate of "WhatsApp lynchings" that has killed over 30 people so far. The Indian government has also directed WhatsApp to take necessary remedial measures to prevent ...
