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In October 2018, just over a week before the presidential election that would cement Jair Bolsonaroâs rise to power, Brazilâs newspaper of record Folha de S.Paulo published an exposĂ© on […]
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WhatsApp group chats are widely popular among Latin Americans and other immigrant communities in the U.S. because the app doesn’t require a U.S. phone number or specific mobile service provider, […]
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Social media platform WhatsApp has launched a new feature it hopes will make discourse more truthful. âSearch the webâ allows users to click on a small magnifying-glass image next to […]
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When the first cases of Covid-19 were recorded in Africa in February, it was clear governments across the continent faced a test against tackling the virus as well as misinformation. […]
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Facebook, which owns both platforms, tells WIRED that it has expanded its content review team in India, and has made progress in pulling down content that violates its standards on […]
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WhatsApp is limiting message forwarding to combat coronavirus misinformation | MIT Technology Review
The news: WhatsApp has said it will implement new limits on message forwarding amid growing concerns that it is being used to spread misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic. From today, […]
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As the reality of life under quarantine in the age of coronavirus has crystalized, so has Big Techâs top job in this new era: combatting a plague of misinformation. So […]
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WhatsApp,  one of the most popular instant messaging platforms on the planet, is testing a feature that could make it simpler for its 2 billion users to tell whether the assertion made in […]
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Invitations to WhatsApp group chats are being indexed by Google, making the invite links âincluding links to private group chats â discoverable and available to anyone who wants to join, […]
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On July 13, 2018, five friends took a road trip to the south Indian village of Handikera, which is in the state of Karnataka. The five men, Salham al-Kubassi, Mohammed […]