WhatsApp’s forward limiting update slowed down spread of disinformation: Report
Tech2 News Staff • 6 years agoNew research suggests that under the limit, 80 percent of the messages died down in two days.
Facebook India head says WhatsApp Payments could be disruptive in the country: Report
Tech2 News Staff • 6 years agoWhatsApp is waiting for regulatory approval to launch Payments that’s currently on a pilot program
WhatsApp’s latest efforts to fight fake news in India ‘not good enough’: Report
Tech2 News Staff • 6 years agoTo identify messages forwarded multiple times, WhatsApp had introduced a label to denote them
WhatsApp can trace message origin, IIT Madras professor suggests two methods
Tech2 News Staff • 6 years agoThe professor suggests that the origin can be traced by embedding sender's information alongside content.
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: With polls underway, WhatsApp and other social media apps being used in a far uglier manner
• 6 years agoThe 2019 parliamentary elections, now underway, will show how social media affects Indian democratic life.
WhatsApp is India's most preferred messaging app despite its fake news problems: Survey
Tech2 News Staff • 6 years agoOf 1,520 Indians surveyed, 50 percent said they use WhatsApp every day to connect with family and friends.
WhatsApp asked by government to trace origin of messages spreading misinformation
• 7 years agoSaying that messages are encrypted, WhatsApp has previously declined to trace the origin of messages.
WhatsApp leans on street theater to spread awareness about lynching, fake news
• 7 years agoThe event is part of a major grassroots effort by WhatsApp to battle fake news.