Last May, rumors about fake news being spread via WhatsApp during a local election in the state of Karnataka arose . The situation deteriorated, resulting in many deaths. For example, Jetti Yadaiah (21 years old) received an audio message with a call to kill someone who was supposed to be a child kidnapper, but with his own photo. Following the various events, the platform placed an advertisement b2b email list in major Indian newspapers with tips on how to recognize fake news.
Forwarded messages are labeled 'Forwarded'.
An additional option where only administrators can forward messages to a group.
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The function has also been tested in Brazil, where WhatsApp is used by 120 million Brazilians. The director of Agência Lupa, Cristina Tardáguila, has a few reservations :
Users can still easily save (media) files to their phone, remove the label, and then forward them themselves, for example in their own groups.
In the future, it would be useful to add a timestamp to the label. This would allow users to quickly and easily see when a post was created. This would reduce recurring hoaxes.
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