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WhatsApp limits message forwarding to slow spread of coronavirus misinformation

By Parveen Kumar on April 7, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

SAN FRANCISCO – Facebook Inc’s (FB.O) WhatsApp tightened message forwarding limits on Tuesday, restricting users to sharing forwarded content one chat at a time after a jump in messages touting bogus medical advice since the start of the coronavirus crisis. The pandemic, which has killed more than 70,000 […]

Government meets with WhatsApp over tracing of fake news: source

By Parveen Kumar on December 7, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

MUMBAI – Indian tech ministry officials met with senior WhatsApp executives this week to ask the Facebook Inc unit to start tracing the origins of misinformation spread through its messaging platform, a senior government official said on Friday. WhatsApp has been working to curb the circulation of what […]